Palo del Colle
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Country | Italy | |
region | Apulia | |
Metropolitan city | Bari (BA) | |
Coordinates | 41 ° 3 ' N , 16 ° 42' 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
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
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
- ^ Railway Atlas Italy and Slovenia / Atlante ferroviario d'Italia e Slovenia . Schweers + Wall 2010. ISBN 978-3-89494-129-1 , p. 81.