Piaggine

Comune in Campania, Italy

Coat of arms

Location of Piaggine

40°21′N 15°23′E / 40.350°N 15.383°E / 40.350; 15.383CountryItalyRegionCampaniaProvinceSalerno (SA)FrazioniPrunoGovernment

• MayorRenato Pizzolante (since June 2022)Area

^[1]

• Total62 km² (24 sq mi)Elevation

630 m (2,070 ft)Population

(1 January 2020)^[2]

• Total1,231 • Density20/km² (51/sq mi)DemonymPiagginesi / ChiainariTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

84065

Dialing code0974ISTAT code065095 WebsiteOfficial website

Piaggine, also called “Chiaine“ in the local dialect, is a town and comune in the province of Salerno, in the region of Campania, in the south-west of Italy.

The town is located on the river Calore, 93 miles (150 km) south-east of Naples, 57 miles (92 km) north-west of Potenza.

According to the official data, the resident population in 2020 was 1231.^[3]

Piaggine was originally inhabited around 1000 A.D by a community of nomadic shepherds, which found green pastures among the mountains near the river.^[4]

The town is famous for being the birthplace of the notorious brigant Giuseppe Tardio.^[5]

Twin towns

Sayalonga (Spain)

References

^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ "Statistiche demografiche ISTAT". demo.istat.it. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
^ "Comune di Piaggine > Vivere Piaggine > Cultura e Tradizioni > Le origini e la storia". www.comune.piaggine.sa.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-07-30.
^ "Comune di Piaggine > Vivere Piaggine > Cultura e Tradizioni > Galleria di personaggi > Giuseppe Tardio". www.comune.piaggine.sa.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-07-30.