Mercogliano

Mercogliano
Country	Italy
region	Campania
province	Avellino (AV)
Coordinates	40 ° 55 ' N , 14 ° 45' E Coordinates: 40 ° 55 '23 " N , 14 ° 44' 34" E
height	550 m slm
surface	19.76 km²
Residents	12,118 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	613 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	83013
prefix	0825
ISTAT number	064049
Popular name	Mercoglianesi
Patron saint	San Modestino , San Fiorentino e San Flaviano
Website	Mercogliano
	; Mercogliano - Via San Modestino

Mercogliano is an Italian commune with 12,118 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Avellino in the Campania region . It is part of the Comunità Montana Partenio - Vallo di Lauro mountain community .

geography

The neighboring municipalities are Avellino , Monteforte Irpino , Mugnano del Cardinale , Ospedaletto d'Alpinolo , Quadrelle and Summonte . The districts are Montevergine , Torelli and Torrette. A funicular takes you up the mountain and the eponymous district of Montevergine .

The 1980 earthquake

Mercogliano was one of the mountain villages hardest hit by the 1980 Irpinia earthquake . The German Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe chose this place as its central location as part of the international reconstruction program and built a kindergarten and 22 prefabricated houses for the victims of the disaster there together with a Fellbach manufacturer (between December 1980 and April 1981).

Web links

Commons : Mercogliano - collection of images, videos and audio files

Mercogliano municipality

Individual evidence

↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
↑ JUH: Islands of Stability (p.49f) (accessed on February 22, 2016)

[1] Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.

[2] JUH: Islands of Stability (p.49f) (accessed on February 22, 2016)