Mercato San Severino
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Mercato San Severino | |
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| Comune di Mercato San Severino | |
 Railway station | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Mercato San Severino within the Province of Salerno | |
Location of Mercato San Severino | |
  Mercato San Severino Location of Mercato San Severino in Italy | |
| Coordinates: 40°47′N 14°45′E / 40.783°N 14.750°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Campania |
| Province | Salerno (SA) |
| Frazioni | Acigliano, Acquarola, Capocasale, Carifi, Ciorani, Corticelle, Costa, Curteri, Galdo di Carifi, Lombardi, Monticelli di Sopra, Monticelli di Sotto, Oscato, Ospizio, Pandola, Piazza del Galdo, Priscoli, Sant'Angelo in Macerata, Sant'Eustachio, San Vincenzo, Spiano, Torello, Valle-Marigliano. |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Antonio Somma |
| Area | |
| • Total | 30.33 km2 (11.71 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 146 m (479 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 21,625 |
| • Density | 710/km2 (1,800/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Sanseverinesi, Rotensi,Sanseveritani |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 84085 |
| Dialing code | 089 |
| Patron saint | St. Roch |
| Saint day | 16 August |
| Website | Official website |
Mercato San Severino (Sanseverinese: Sanzuverin') is a town and comune of the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-west Italy.
Mercato San Severino shares borders with the municipalities of Baronissi, Bracigliano, Castel San Giorgio, Cava de' Tirreni, Fisciano, Montoro, Roccapiemonte and Siano.
Transport
[edit]Mercato San Severino is served by two railway stations: Mercato San Severino is located in the middle of the town, on the lines Salerno-Mercato San Severino, Cancello-Benevento via Avellino and Mercato San Severino-Nocera Inferiore. On this second line is located the stop of Valle, in the same-named suburb of Sant'Angelo in Macerata.
It is served by the A30 motorway (Salerno-Caserta) at the same-named exit (located near Curteri), and also by the RA 02 (Salerno-Avellino) at the exit "Fisciano-Mercato San Severino".
Twin towns
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Personalities
[edit]- Antonio Somma (1923-2005), partisan, Director of the CGIL trade union, official in the Italian Communist Party from 1951 to 1989.
- Gennaro Maria Sarnelli (1702-1744), redemptorist, blessed.
Notes and references
[edit]- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ Data from Istat
- ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
External links
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Media related to Mercato San Severino at Wikimedia Commons
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