Meta (Campania)

Meta
Country	Italy
region	Campania
Metropolitan city	Naples  (NA)
Local name	Meta
Coordinates	40 ° 38 ′  N , 14 ° 25 ′  E Coordinates: 40 ° 38 ′ 0 ″  N , 14 ° 25 ′ 0 ″  E
surface	2 km²
Residents	7,953 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	3,977 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	80062
prefix	081
ISTAT number	063046
Popular name	Metesi
Patron saint	Santa Maria del Lauro

Meta , also known colloquially as Meta di Sorrento , is a city with 7953 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the Italian metropolitan city of Naples , in the Campania region . The neighboring towns are Piano di Sorrento and Vico Equense .

The city on the steep coast

Population development

Between 1991 and 2001 the population rose from 7392 to 7696. This corresponds to a percentage increase of 4.1%.

people

Meta is the hometown of Captain Francesco Schettino , under whose command the cruise ship Costa Concordia sank, killing 32 people. The Catholic missionary and Archbishop Gaetano Pollio (1911–1991) was born in Meta.

Web links

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ Allgemeine Zeitung Mainz from July 6, 2012, PANORAMA