Monteforte Irpino

Monteforte Irpino
Country	Italy
region	Campania
province	Avellino  (AV)
Coordinates	40 ° 54 '  N , 14 ° 43'  E Coordinates: 40 ° 53 '34 "  N , 14 ° 43' 10"  E
height	502  m slm
surface	26.70 km²
Residents	11,684 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	438 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	83024
prefix	0825
ISTAT number	064054
Popular name	montefortesi
Patron saint	San Martino
Website	Monteforte Irpino

Monteforte Irpino is an Italian commune with 11,684 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Avellino in the Campania region .

geography

The neighboring municipalities are Avellino , Contrada , Forino , Mercogliano , Moschiano , Mugnano del Cardinale , Taurano and Visciano (NA). The districts are Alvanella, Campi, Fenestrelle, Gaudi, Molinelle and Vetriera.

history

After Italy entered the war in June 1940, the fascist regime set up an internment camp ( campo di concentramento ) in Monteforte Irpino . It was located in the premises of a former orphanage in the middle of the residential area. The internees were Italian opposition activists, anti-fascists who had often served long prison terms. The camp in Monteforte Irpino was only dissolved in late summer 1943.

Web links

Commons : Monteforte Irpino  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Monteforte Irpino municipality

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ Carlo Spartaco Capogreco, I Campi del duce. L'internamento civile nell'Italia fascista (1940-1943) , Torino 2004 (Einaudi), pp. 229-230