Spongano

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Spongano
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Spongano (Italy)
Spongano
Country Italy
region Apulia
province Lecce  (LE)
Coordinates 40 ° 1 '  N , 18 ° 22'  E Coordinates: 40 ° 1 '0 "  N , 18 ° 22' 0"  E
height 96  m slm
surface 12.13 km²
Residents 3,580 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density 295 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 73038
prefix 0836
ISTAT number 075078
Popular name Sponganesi
Patron saint Victoria of Rome (December 23)
Website Spongano

Spongano is a south-east Italian municipality ( comune ).

geography

The community has 3580 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). It is located in the province of Lecce in Apulia , about 41.5 kilometers south-southeast of the provincial capital Lecce in southern Salento .

history

In 1103 the place was mentioned by Roger II of Sicily . The community gained greater importance when in 1147, today a district of Poggiardo , was destroyed by William I of Sicily . Its population fled to the surrounding area and also settled in Spongano.

traffic

The train station of Spongano lies on the railway line Zollino Gagliano-Leuca .

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Spongano  - 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.