Ururi

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Ururi
Template: Infobox municipality in Italy / maintenance / coat of arms missingNo coat of arms available.
Ururi (Italy)
Ururi
Country Italy
region Molise
province Campobasso  (CB)
Coordinates 41 ° 49 '  N , 15 ° 1'  E Coordinates: 41 ° 49 '0 "  N , 15 ° 1' 0"  E
height 310  m slm
surface 31.5 km²
Residents 2,578 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 82 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 86049
prefix 0874
ISTAT number 070083
Popular name Ururesi
Patron saint Legno della Croce (May 3rd)
Website Ururi
View of Ururi
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Ururi (in the Albanian dialect Rùri ) is an Italian commune ( comune ) with 2578 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Campobasso in Molise . The municipality is located about 41 kilometers northwest of Campobasso .

history

Originally, the name of the municipality came from a settlement called Aurora (also a document from 1075). The name is probably of Byzantine origin. Until modern times there was an Albanian-speaking minority in Ururi.

Sons and daughters

Web links

Commons : Ururi  - collection of pictures, 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.