Palo del Colle

Palo del Colle
Country	Italy
region	Apulia
Metropolitan city	Bari  (BA)
Coordinates	41 ° 3 '  N , 16 ° 42'  E Coordinates: 41 ° 3 '0 "  N , 16 ° 42' 0"  E
height	150.8  m slm
surface	79 km²
Residents	21,215 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	269 ​​inhabitants / km²
Post Code	70027
prefix	080
ISTAT number	072033
Popular name	Palesi
Patron saint	Santissimo Crocifisso di Auricarro
Website	Palo del Colle
San Giuseppe Church

Palo del Colle is a southern Italian municipality ( comune ) in the metropolitan city of Bari in Apulia .

Geographical location

Location in the metropolitan city of Bari

The place has 21,215 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). It is located on a hill (as the name of the municipality indicates), about 15 kilometers southwest of Bari .

history

The area was colonized by the Greeks early on . The strategic position on a hill made it easier to defend the place.

traffic

Palo del Colle is on Strada Statale 96.

The place has a train station on the Bari – Taranto railway line , which it shares with its neighboring town, Bitetto , and which is therefore called Bitetto-Palo del Colle .

Community partnerships

Palo del Colle maintains partnerships with the Hessian community of Biebesheim am Rhein and the Greek community of Markopoulo Mesogaias .

Personalities

• Vito Antuofermo (* 1953), former professional boxer

Web links

Commons : Palo del Colle  - 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.
2. ^ Railway Atlas Italy and Slovenia / Atlante ferroviario d'Italia e Slovenia . Schweers + Wall 2010. ISBN 978-3-89494-129-1 , p. 81.