Squinzano

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Squinzano
Template: Infobox municipality in Italy / maintenance / coat of arms missingNo coat of arms available.
Squinzano (Italy)
Squinzano
Country Italy
region Apulia
province Lecce  (LE)
Coordinates 40 ° 26 '  N , 18 ° 3'  E Coordinates: 40 ° 26 '0 "  N , 18 ° 3' 0"  E
height 48  m slm
surface 29.28 km²
Residents 13,898 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 475 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 73018
prefix 0832
ISTAT number 075079
Popular name Squinzanesi
Patron saint Nicholas of Myra
Website Squinzano
Piazza San Nicola

Squinzano is a southern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 13,898 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Lecce in Apulia . Squinzano is about 17 kilometers northwest of Lecce and about 30 kilometers south or southwest of Brindisi . The municipality borders directly on the province of Brindisi . Since 1999 the place has been called Città (city).

economy

Squinzano is located in the Apulian wine region. The Squinzano is a protected designation of origin ( Squinzano DOC ), which is mainly produced as a red or rose wine using the Negro Amaro grape.

traffic

The former state road 16 and east of it state road 613 run through the community . Both connect Brindisi with Lecce.

Personalities

Individual evidence

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

Web links

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