Portocannons
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Country | Italy | |
region | Molise | |
province | Campobasso (CB) | |
Coordinates | 41 ° 55 ' N , 15 ° 1' 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
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.