Mercogliano
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Country | Italy | |
region | Campania | |
province | Avellino (AV) | |
Coordinates | 40 ° 55 ' N , 14 ° 45' 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).
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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)