Salve (Apulia)

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Country	Italy
region	Apulia
province	Lecce  (LE)
Coordinates	39 ° 52 ′  N , 18 ° 18 ′  E Coordinates: 39 ° 52 ′ 0 ″  N , 18 ° 18 ′ 0 ″  E
height	130  m slm
surface	32 km²
Residents	4,555 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	142 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	73050
prefix	0833
ISTAT number	075066
Popular name	salvesi
Patron saint	San Nicola Magno

Salve is a southern Italian municipality in the Apulia region .

geography

The community has 4555 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). It is located in the province of Lecce and about 12 km from Cape Santa Maria di Leuca .

history

The Salve area has been inhabited since the Bronze Age. In the 9th century a city wall was built to defend against the Saracens , as well as against the Ottomans in the 15th century .

After the Second World War , the malaria-infested , previously uninhabitable marshland along the coast were drained. They could thus be used for the first time. Bathing tourism developed here, which today is one of the most important economic sectors in the region.

traffic

The station Salve-Ruggiano is located on the railway line Novoli-Gagliano Leuca .

Personalities

• The British cookbook author Patience Gray (1917–2005) and the Belgian sculptor Norman Mommens (1922–2000) lived in the municipality from 1970.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.