Sala Consilina
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Country | Italy | |
region | Campania | |
province | Salerno (SA) | |
Coordinates | 40 ° 24 ′ N , 15 ° 36 ′ E | |
height | 614 m slm | |
surface | 59.7 km² | |
Residents | 12,116 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density | 203 inhabitants / km² | |
Post Code | 84036 | |
prefix | 0975 | |
ISTAT number | 065114 | |
Popular name | salesi | |
Patron saint | San Michele Arcangelo (September 29th) | |
Website | Sala Consilina | |
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Sala Consilina is a southern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 12,116 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Salerno in the Campania region and part of the Comunità Montana Vallo di Diano . The patron saint of the place is the Archangel Michael . Sala Consilina was a Catholic bishopric until the 8th century. Today the titular bishopric Oppidum Consilinum exists .
geography
Sala Consilina is located southeast of Salerno and north of the Cilento . Not far is the Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park . The municipality covers an area of almost 60 km² . The place is at an altitude of 614 meters above sea level. The districts ( frazioni ) are Quattro Querce ( Four Oaks ), Grecia, San Raffaele, San Rocco, San Sebastiano, Sant'Antonio, Sant'Eustachio, Santo Leo, Santo Stefano and Trinità.
The municipality borders the province of Potenza . The neighboring communities are Atena Lucana , Brienza (PZ), Marsico Nuovo (PZ), Padula , Sassano and Teggiano .
Sports
The place was the last arrival point of the 2nd stage of the Giro d'Italia in 1990 .
Economy and Infrastructure
Sala Consilina is on the A2 autostrada . In Sala Consilina there is a train station on the Sicignano degli Alburni – Lagonegro line .
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- Giovanni Martini (1852-1922), American military person
- Giuseppe Giudice (* 1956), Catholic clergyman, Bishop of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno
Associated with Sala Consilina
- Gaetano Esposito (1858–1911), Italian painter
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.