San Giorgio Ionico

San Giorgio Ionico
Country	Italy
region	Apulia
province	Tarent  (TA)
Coordinates	40 ° 27 '  N , 17 ° 22'  E Coordinates: 40 ° 27 '0 "  N , 17 ° 22' 0"  E
height	75  m slm
surface	23 km²
Residents	14,789 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	643 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	74027
prefix	099
ISTAT number	073024
Popular name	Sangiorgesi
Patron saint	Georg (April 23)
Website	San Giorgio Ionico

San Giorgio Ionico is a southern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 14,789 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Taranto in Apulia . The municipality is located in northern Salento , about 10 kilometers east of Taranto .

history

The beginnings of the place are in pre-Christian times. Settlement remains from the 3rd century BC indicate a necropolis. The origin of today's place is to be sought in the Middle Ages, when refugees from Taranto sought refuge from the Saracens here . The place was first mentioned in a document, however, only in 1522; Albanian settlers had probably already come here 100 years earlier under the impression of Skanderbeg .

traffic

State road 7 leads through the village from Taranto to Grottaglie (this is the last section of the Via Appia ) or as state road 7 ter to Manduria . The Strada Statale 603 also leads to Francavilla Fontana .

Web links

Commons : San Giorgio Ionico  - 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.