Pietrelcina

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Pietrelcina

Total population

3,076

Elevation345 m

Land area28.25 km²

Coordinates41.20°, 14.84°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Pietrelcina is a town and comune (municipality) in the province of Benevento in the Campania region of southern Italy. It is the birthplace of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, better known as Padre Pio.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Padre Pio

Italian saint, priest, stigmatist and mystic

F

Fernando Masone

Italian police officer (1936-2003)

F

Francesco Zerrillo

Italian priest and theologian (1931–2022)

Mimmo Paladino

Italian painter (born 1948)

B

Beniamino Cavicchioni

Italian priest (1836–1911)

A

Alfonso Meomartini

Italian historian and journalist (1841-1918)

Almerico Meomartini

Italian architect, archaeologist and writer (1850–1923)

Antonio Pannullo

Italian politician (1887-1960)

C

Carlo Jelardi

Italian physician (1888–1973)

Costantino Boffa

Italian politician

Franco Russo

Italian politician

Gabriele Sforza

Archbishop of Milan

N

Natalino Guillaume

Italian actor (1888–1919)

Nicola Polvere

Italian politician and mayor (1833–1915)

O

Onofrio Fragnito

Italian physician (1871–1959)

R

Reno Bromuro

Italian poet, actor and writer (1932-2009)

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

Nearby places in Campania

• Ponte Valentino
  4.3 mi away
• Sant'Arcangelo Trimonte
  5.5 mi away · pop. 691
• Benevento
  5.8 mi away · pop. 60,091
• San Giorgio La Molara
  6.3 mi away · pop. 3,297
• San Marco dei Cavoti
  7.9 mi away · pop. 3,752
• Torrecuso
  8.6 mi away · pop. 3,522
• Santa Maria Ingrisone
  8.7 mi away
• San Nicola Manfredi
  8.9 mi away · pop. 3,226
• San Martino Sannita
  9.2 mi away · pop. 1,180
• Sant'Angelo a Cupolo
  9.2 mi away · pop. 4,185
• San Giorgio del Sannio
  9.5 mi away · pop. 10,022
• Pagliara
  9.6 mi away

Browse all places in Campania →

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

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Official Identifiers