Volturara Appula

Volturara Appula
Country	Italy
region	Apulia
province	Foggia  (FG)
Coordinates	41 ° 30 '  N , 15 ° 3'  E Coordinates: 41 ° 29 '48 "  N , 15 ° 3' 10"  E
height	489  m slm
surface	51.88 km²
Residents	397 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	8 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	71030
prefix	0881
ISTAT number	071061
Popular name	Volturaresi
Patron saint	Benedict
Website	www.comune.volturaraappula.fg.it

Volturara Appula is an Italian municipality ( comune ) with 397 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Foggia in Apulia . The municipality is located about 41 kilometers west-northwest of Foggia and borders directly on the province of Benevento ( Campania ).

history

The historical settlement of Uluria , which was presumably settled by Japygers , was destroyed during the Samnite Wars . From the 10th century (969) there was a bishopric in Volturara Appula , which existed until 1818 and in the meantime (from 1433) was merged with the bishopric of Montecorvino . The titular diocese of Vulturaria has existed since 1968 .

traffic

Strada statale 17 dell'Appennino Abruzzese e Appulo Sannitica leads through the municipality from Antrodoco to Foggia. From here the former Strada Statale 369 Appulo Fortorina (today: Provincial Road 135) goes to Reino .

Sons and daughters of the church

• Giuseppe Conte (* 1964), incumbent Prime Minister of Italy .

Web links

Commons : Volturara Appula  - 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.