Solofra

Solofra
Country	Italy
region	Campania
province	Avellino (AV)
Coordinates	40 ° 50 ′ N , 14 ° 51 ′ E Coordinates: 40 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ N , 14 ° 51 ′ 0 ″ E
height	384 m slm
surface	21 km²
Residents	12,388 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	590 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	83029
prefix	0825
ISTAT number	064101
Popular name	solofrani
Patron saint	San Michele Arcangelo
Website	Solofra
	; Solofra square

Solofra is an Italian commune with 12,388 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Avellino in the Campania region . The place is part of the Comunità Montana Irno - Solofrana .

geography

Solofra is located on the Solofrana , a tributary of the Sarno . The neighboring municipalities are Aiello del Sabato , Calvanico (SA), Contrada , Montoro and Serino . The districts are Sant'Agata Irpina and Sant'Andrea Apostolo.

history

After Italy entered the war in June 1940, the fascist regime established an internment camp ( campo di concentramento ) for women in Solofra . It was located in a centrally located private house on via Misericordia . Some internees were sent for prostitution , others for political unreliability . The hygienic and sanitary conditions were sufficient. In February 1943 there were 26 inmates in the camp who came from Italy, France , Yugoslavia , Poland , Russia , Belgium , Greece , England , Romania , Germany , and also from Czechoslovakia , the Netherlands and Turkey . The camp was finally closed in January 1944.

economy

Solofra is known for its leather industry and is home to a wide variety of tanneries .

Web links

Commons : Solofra - collection of images, videos and audio files

Solofra municipality

Individual evidence

↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
↑ Carlo Spartaco Capogreco, I Campi del duce. L'internamento civile nell'Italia fascista (1940-1943) , Torino 2004 (Einaudi), pp. 230-231; Klaus Voigt, Refuge on Revocation. Exile in Italy 1933-1945 (Volume 2), Stuttgart 1993 (Klett-Cotta), pp. 59, 62

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

[2] Carlo Spartaco Capogreco, I Campi del duce. L'internamento civile nell'Italia fascista (1940-1943) , Torino 2004 (Einaudi), pp. 230-231; Klaus Voigt, Refuge on Revocation. Exile in Italy 1933-1945 (Volume 2), Stuttgart 1993 (Klett-Cotta), pp. 59, 62