Portocannons

Portocannons
Country	Italy
region	Molise
province	Campobasso  (CB)
Coordinates	41 ° 55 '  N , 15 ° 1'  E Coordinates: 41 ° 55 '0 "  N , 15 ° 1' 0"  E
height	148  m slm
surface	12.93 km²
Residents	2,406 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	186 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	86045
prefix	0875
ISTAT number	070055
Popular name	Portocannonesi
Patron saint	Mary (mother of Jesus) (Pentecost Sunday)
Website	Portocannons

Portocannone (in the Albanian dialect: Portkanuni ) is an Italian municipality ( comune ) with 2406 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Campobasso in Molise . The municipality is located about 48 kilometers northwest of Campobasso .

history

Portocandesium was first mentioned in a document in 1137 . In 1320 the name of the place was already Portocanduni . The first Albanians came here in 1461. The emigration is accompanied by the bustling Skanderbeg . Today, however, the Albanians are a tiny minority with around 2% of the population in the municipality.

Web links

Commons : Portocannone  - 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.