Panni (Apulia)

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Panni
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Panni (Italy)
Panni
Country Italy
region Apulia
province Foggia  (FG)
Coordinates 41 ° 13 '  N , 15 ° 17'  E Coordinates: 41 ° 13 '15 "  N , 15 ° 16' 32"  E
height 801  m slm
surface 32.71 km²
Residents 740 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 23 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 71020
prefix 0881
ISTAT number 071037
Popular name pannesi
Website www.comune.panni.fg.it

Panni is an Italian municipality with 740 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Foggia in Apulia .

geography

The village is 35 km south-southwest of Foggia at 801  m slm in the so-called mountains of Daunia, named after the people of Daunia , in the southern Apennines Campanian belonging Apennines. Panni was built on the top of Monte Sario on the orographic right side of the valley of the same name through which the Cervaro flows.

Panni from the Ferrara plateau

history

The place was first mentioned as Panna in the 1st century BC by Strabo , when it was destroyed in the war of allies . The name is derived from the shepherd god Pan , and refers to the inhabitants who originally worked as shepherds. Pliny the Elder described it as a place of shepherds and farmers.

Web links

Commons : Panni  - 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. ^ Cenni storici. In: comune.panni.fg.it. Retrieved May 27, 2019 (Italian).