Montella (Campania)

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Montella
coat of arms
Montella (Italy)
Montella
Country Italy
region Campania
province Avellino  (AV)
Coordinates 40 ° 51 ′  N , 15 ° 1 ′  E Coordinates: 40 ° 51 ′ 0 ″  N , 15 ° 1 ′ 0 ″  E
height 556  m slm
surface 83 km²
Residents 7,563 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density 91 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 83048
prefix 0827
ISTAT number 064057
Popular name Montellesi
Patron saint San Rocco
Website Montella
View of Montella
View of Montella

Montella is an Italian commune with 7563 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Avellino in the Campania region . The place is part of the Bergkomune Comunità Montana Terminio Cervialto .

geography

The neighboring municipalities are Acerno ( SA ), Bagnoli Irpino , Cassano Irpino , Giffoni Valle Piana ( SA ), Montemarano , Nusco , Serino and Volturara Irpina . Another district is Tagliabosco.

traffic

The Montella train station is located a little east of the town on the Avellino – Rocchetta Sant'Antonio railway line, which is no longer used for passenger traffic .

Personalities

  • Salvatore Pelosi (born April 10, 1906 in Montella, † October 24, 1974), naval officer
  • Giovanni Palatucci (born March 31, 1909 in Montella, † February 10, 1945 in the Dachau concentration camp), police officer and commissioner for public security
  • Aurelio Fierro (September 13, 1923 in Montella; † March 11, 2005), singer and film actor
  • Geno Auriemma (born March 23, 1954 in Montella), American women's basketball coach for the University of Connecticut Huskies in the NCAA

Town twinning

  • Valle del Torrente Sorbitello

  • View of the place

  • Monte Terminio

See also

Web links

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

Individual evidence

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