Viggianello (Basilicata)

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Viggianello
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Viggianello (Italy)
Viggianello
Country Italy
region Basilicata
province Potenza  (PZ)
Coordinates 39 ° 58 '  N , 16 ° 5'  E Coordinates: 39 ° 58 '0 "  N , 16 ° 5' 0"  E
height 500  m slm
surface 119 km²
Residents 2,867 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 24 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 85040
prefix 0973
ISTAT number 076097
Popular name Vigianellesi
Patron saint Franz von Paola , Catherine of Alexandria
Website Viggianello

Viggianello (in the local dialect: Vingianieddu ) is a southern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 2867 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Potenza in Basilicata . The municipality is located about 77.5 kilometers south-southeast of Potenza and borders directly on the province of Cosenza . Viggianello is part of the Comunità Montana Alto Sinni and is located in the middle of the Parco nazionale del Pollino . The Lao also has its source in the municipality .

Viggianello is part of the I borghi più belli d'Italia association (The Most Beautiful Places in Italy).

history

The first mention is that of the place Castrum Byanella on Via Popilia . In the Bull of Alfano of 1079, the Archbishop of Salerno mentions the place Vineanellum . In a document written in Greek, however, the place appears again as Byanelli .

Population development

year 1861 1871 1881 1901 1911 1921 1931 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011
Residents 5,399 5,322 5,322 4,440 4,208 4,613 4,832 5,487 5,381 4,773 4,285 4,396 3,500 3.124

Source: ISTAT

traffic

The place had a train station called Rotonda-Viggianello on the Lagonegro – Spezzano Albanese railway .

Web links

Commons : Viggianello (Basilicata)  - 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.
  2. ↑ I borghi più belli d'Italia (official website), accessed on May 8, 2017 (Italian)
  3. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT . Population statistics from the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica, as of December 31, 2011.