San Giorgio Ionico
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Country | Italy | |
region | Apulia | |
province | Tarent (TA) | |
Coordinates | 40 ° 27 ' N , 17 ° 22' 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 .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.