Rionero in Vulture

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Rionero in Vulture
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Rionero in Vulture (Italy)
Rionero in Vulture
Country Italy
region Basilicata
province Potenza  (PZ)
Coordinates 40 ° 55 '  N , 15 ° 40'  E Coordinates: 40 ° 55 '0 "  N , 15 ° 40' 0"  E
height 643  m slm
surface 53 km²
Residents 12,940 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 244 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 85028
prefix 0972
ISTAT number 076066
Popular name Rioneresi
Patron saint San Marco , Madonna del Carmelo
Website Rionero in Vulture
Rionero in Vulture
Rionero in Vulture

Rionero in Vulture is a southern Italian municipality with 12,940 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Potenza in the Basilicata region . Vines for the red wine Aglianico del Vulture are grown in Rionero in Vulture .

Location and dates

The place is in the Vulture area . The neighboring municipalities are Aquilonia ( AV ), Atella , Barile , Calitri (AV), Melfi , Rapolla , Ripacandida and Ruvo del Monte .

There is a memorial in the village that commemorates 16 residents shot by the German Wehrmacht on September 24, 1943.

Sons and daughters of the church

Web links

Commons : Rionero in Vulture  - 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. Ekkehart Rotter, Kalabrien - Basilikata, DUMONT Art Travel Guide, 2002, ISBN 3-7701-5541-6 , page 81