Oppido Lucano
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Country | Italy | |
region | Basilicata | |
province | Potenza (PZ) | |
Coordinates | 40 ° 46 ′ N , 15 ° 59 ′ E | |
height | 670 m slm | |
surface | 54 km² | |
Residents | 3,685 (Dec 31, 2019) | |
Population density | 68 inhabitants / km² | |
Post Code | 85015 | |
prefix | 0971 | |
ISTAT number | 076056 | |
Popular name | Oppidesi, Oppidani | |
Patron saint | Anthony of Padua | |
Website | Oppido Lucano |
Oppido Lucano is a southern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 3685 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Potenza in Basilicata . The municipality is located about 21 kilometers northeast of Potenza on Monte Montrano and borders directly on the province of Matera . Oppido Lucano is part of the Comunità Montana Alto Bradano .
history
The area was populated as early as the 6th century BC. The Peuketeers settled here . Eventually the Lucans followed .
Parish partnership
Oppido Lucano has a partnership with the Chilean port city of Iquique in the Región de Tarapacá .
Personalities
- Francesco Pio Tamburrino (* 1939), religious, senior archbishop of Foggia-Bovino
- John of Oppido (* around 1073), Norman priest
traffic
Strada Statale 96bis Barese runs through the municipality .
Web links
Commons : Oppido Lucano - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.