Poggio Imperiale

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Poggio Imperiale
Template: Infobox municipality in Italy / maintenance / coat of arms missingNo coat of arms available.
Poggio Imperiale (Italy)
Poggio Imperiale
Country Italy
region Apulia
province Foggia  (FG)
Coordinates 41 ° 49 ′  N , 15 ° 22 ′  E Coordinates: 41 ° 49 ′ 0 ″  N , 15 ° 22 ′ 0 ″  E
height 73  m slm
surface 52.37 km²
Residents 2,609 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 50 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 71010
prefix 0882
ISTAT number 071040
Popular name Poggioimperialesi, Terranovesi
Patron saint Placidus (martyr)
Website Poggio Imperiale

Poggio Imperiale is an Italian municipality (comune) with 2609 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Foggia in Apulia . The municipality is located about 39 kilometers north-northwest of Foggia .

history

The village was founded in 1759 by the Prince of Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi , Placido Imperiale .

Community partnerships

Poggio Imperiale maintains a partnership with the Albanian municipality of Vora in the Tirana district .

traffic

The A14 autostrada runs through the municipality from Bologna to southern Italy. From there, Strada Statale 693 dei Laghi di Lesina e Varano goes to Vico del Gargano . The Poggio Imperiale train station is on the Ferrovia Adriatica from Ancona to Lecce .

Sons and daughters of the church

Web links

Commons : Poggio Imperiale  - 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.