Nocera Inferiore

Nocera Inferiore
Country	Italy
region	Campania
province	Salerno (SA)
Coordinates	40 ° 45 ' N , 14 ° 38' E Coordinates: 40 ° 45 '0 " N , 14 ° 38' 0" E
surface	20 km²
Residents	45,445 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	2,272 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	84014
prefix	081
ISTAT number	065078
Popular name	Nocerini
Patron saint	Prisco di Nocera (May 9th)
Website	Nocera Inferiore
	; Nocera Inferiore with a view of Vesuvius

Nocera Inferiore is an Italian city in the province of Salerno and the region of Campania with 45,445 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

geography

Nocera Inferiore is the ancient Nuceria Alfaterna .

In the Middle Ages, his Hohenstaufen castle played an essential role in the Kingdom of Naples :

Here in March 1267 Helena of Epirus was imprisoned, the former queen as wife (and now widow) of Manfred of Sicily ; she died here in 1271.
Beatrix of Provence , heiress of Provence and Queen of Sicily, as the wife of King Charles I (Charles of Anjou), died here on September 23, 1267 .
Pope Urban VI. , who had been captured by the Anjou , was able to escape to the Nocera Castle, where he met the Neapolitan King Charles III on January 15, 1385 . excommunicated . This in turn besieged the Pope in Nocera.

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