Picerno

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Picerno

Total population

6,186

Coordinates40.64°, 15.64°

Demographic figures from ISTAT. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Picerno is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. It is bounded by the comuni of Balvano, Baragiano, Potenza, Ruoti, Savoia di Lucania, Tito, and Vietri di Potenza.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Bella Dodd

American communist and anti-communist (1904-1969)

Joseph Forlenze

Italian ophthalmologist and surg

Renato Angiolillo

Italian film director, screenwriter, politician and journalist (1901-1973)

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Alfonso Pascale

Italian essayist

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Alfredo Mancinelli

Italian association football manager (1924-2005)

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Attilio Cerruti

Italian biologist (1878-1956)

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Giancarlo Laurini

Italian politician (1938–2024)

Giuseppe Gaimari

Italian physician and translator

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Sodegerio da Tito

Italian politician

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Angelo Spera

Italian politician (1819-1902)

Magda Cornacchione Milella

Italian politician

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Anna Faraone

Italian painter

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Carmen Summa

Italian footballer

Vincenzo Torre

Italian politician

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Rocco Curcio

Italian politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Basilicata

• Baragiano
  3.6 mi away · pop. 2,751
• Tito Scalo
  3.8 mi away · pop. 1,500
• Tito
  4.3 mi away · pop. 6,387
• Scalo di Baragiano
  5 mi away
• Giarrossa
  5.8 mi away
• Ruoti
  5.9 mi away · pop. 3,687
• Savoia di Lucania
  6.4 mi away · pop. 1,236
• Balvano
  6.4 mi away · pop. 2,007
• Satriano di Lucania
  6.5 mi away · pop. 2,353
• Vietri di Potenza
  7.3 mi away · pop. 3,096
• Sant'Angelo Le Fratte
  7.6 mi away · pop. 1,472
• San Cataldo
  7.6 mi away

Browse all places in Basilicata →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Picerno

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Common Buzzard

Buteo buteo

Seen 2026-09-14

Common Cuckoo

Cuculus canorus

Seen 2026-09-13

Four-lined Snake

Elaphe quatuorlineata

Seen 2026-08-30

Leafy Spurge Hawkmoth

Hyles euphorbiae

Seen 2026-08-25

Snow-in-summer

Cerastium tomentosum

Seen 2026-08-19

European Mantis

Mantis religiosa

Seen 2026-08-17

Italian Stream Frog

Rana italica

Seen 2026-08-15

Black Soldier Fly

Hermetia illucens

Seen 2026-08-09

Moorish Gecko

Tarentola mauritanica

Seen 2026-08-05

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers