Aquilonia, Campania

Comune in Campania, Italy

Coat of arms

Aquilonia within the Province of Avellino

Location of Aquilonia

40°59′16″N 15°28′31″E / 40.98778°N 15.47528°E / 40.98778; 15.47528CountryItalyRegionCampaniaProvinceAvellino (AV)Government

• MayorGiancarlo De VitoArea

^[1]

• Total56.15 km² (21.68 sq mi)Elevation

750 m (2,460 ft)Population

(31 December 2017)^[2]

• Total1,677 • Density30/km² (77/sq mi)DemonymAquiloniesiTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

83041

Dialing code0827Patron saintSt. VitusSaint dayJune 15WebsiteOfficial website

Aquilonia is a town and comune in the province of Avellino, part of the Campania region of southern Italy. It is situated in mountainous terrain in the eastern part of the province, at an elevation of 750 metres (2,460 ft).

History

The Lombards called the town Carbonara or Carunar, supposedly because a major local occupation was charcoal making. In 1861, after the unification of Italy, the town was renamed Aquilonia based on a 16th-century assumption that this was the site of the Battle of Aquilonia between the Rome and the Samnites.

On 23 July 1930 a major earthquake destroyed the town, and it was rebuilt at a higher location nearby.

Geography

Located in the eastern side of the province, close to Basilicata, Aquilonia borders with the municipalities of Bisaccia, Calitri, Lacedonia, Melfi, Monteverde and Rionero in Vulture.^[3]

Twin towns — sister cities

Aquilonia is twinned with:

References

^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ (in Italian) Source: Istat 2011
^ 40960 (x a j h) Aquilonia on OpenStreetMap