Campora is a town and ''
comune
The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...
'' in the
province of Salerno
The Province of Salerno ( it, Provincia di Salerno) is a province in the Campania region of Italy.
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Geography
The largest towns in the province are: Salerno, the capital, which has a population of 131,950; Cava de' Tirreni, Battipagli ...
,
Campania
(man), it, Campana (woman)
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(southern
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
). It is located in the territory of
Cilento and as of 2009 its population was 810.
Source
: Istat
The Italian National Institute of Statistics ( it, Istituto nazionale di statistica; Istat) is the main producer of official statistics in Italy. Its activities include the census of population, economic censuses and a number of social, economic ...
2009
History
Geography
The village is located in a hilly area in the middle of Cilento, close to Stio and to the area of Pruno
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Pruno, or prison wine, is an alcoholic beverage variously made from apples, oranges, fruit cocktail, fruit juices, hard candy, sugar, high fructose syrup, and possibly other ingredients, including crumbled bread. Bread is incorrectly ...
, not far from the town of Vallo della Lucania
Vallo della Lucania (commonly known simply as ''Vallo'') is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. It lies in the middle of Cilento and its population is 8,680. . It borders with the municipalities of Cannalonga, Gioi
Gioi is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. As of 2011 its population was of 1,339.
History
The comune of Gioi has a history that dates back well over 1000 years. The first permanent in ...
, Laurino
Laurino is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of southwestern Italy.
Geography
Laurino is a typical medieval hill town of the Cilento, the southernmost part of Campania. It dominates the surrounding landsca ...
, Moio della Civitella, Novi Velia
Novi Velia is a town and ''comune'' of the Province of Salerno, Campania, southern Italy. It is located in the southern Cilento area.
The town takes its name from the ancient Greek town of Velia, whose archaeological remains are located nearby. ...
and Stio.
See also
* Pruno Cilento
* Cilentan language
*Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park
Cilento, Vallo di Diano and Alburni National Park (Italian ''Parco Nazionale del Cilento, Vallo di Diano e Alburni'') is an Italian national park in the Province of Salerno, in Campania in southern Italy. It includes much of the Cilento, the Va ...
References
External links
Comune of Campora
Localities of Cilento
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