Potenza

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Potenza

Total population

67,122

Coordinates40.64°, 15.80°

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

Overview

Potenza is a city and comune (municipality) in the region of Basilicata in Southern Italy. Its territory is bounded by the comuni of Anzi, Avigliano, Brindisi Montagna, Picerno, Pietragalla, Pignola, Ruoti, Tito, and Vaglio Basilicata. As the capital of the province of Potenza and of Basilicata, the city is the highest regional capital and one of the highest provincial capitals in Italy, overlooking the valley of the Basento river in the Apennine Mountains of Lucania, east of Salerno. With a population of 63,403 as of 2026, it is also the largest city in Basilicata.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

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Antonio Mancino

Italian actor

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Cesare Antonio Vergara

numismatist from Italy

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Francesco Salazar

A

Antonio Savino

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Gerardo Abbandonato

Italian chemist (born 1986)

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Franco Catalani

Italian politician

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Nicola La Capra Sabelli

Italian politician

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Nicola Tamburrini

Italian politician

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Vito Catalani

Italian politician

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Michele Coiro

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Fausto Somma

Cecilia D'Elia

Italian politician (1963)

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Mariassunta Imbrenda

Italian jurist and university professor (born 1968)

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Lucrezia Spera

Italian archaeologist (1965-)

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Leonardo Bochicchio

Italian archaeologist (born 1978)

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Angela Iacovino

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

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 Potenza

Italian Emigrants, Italian Immigrants

Tina Bochicchio Woetzel · 2004

Potenza e la Basilicata

Antonio Giangrande · 2013

Campania and Basilicata (Naples, Potenza, Bari) (Regional Maps)

2001

Basilicata

Touring club italiano · 1998

Tutto Su Potenza e la Basilicata Quello Che Non Si Osa Dire

Antonio GIANGRANDE · 2016

Immagine e mito nella Basilicata antica

Maria Luisa Nava · 2002

Questione meridionale e Basilicata

1993

Edward Lear

Antonella Viola · 1998

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

European Mantis

Mantis religiosa

Seen 2026-08-17

Black Soldier Fly

Hermetia illucens

Seen 2026-08-09

Half-edged Wall Jumping Spider

Menemerus semilimbatus

Seen 2026-08-08

Moorish Gecko

Tarentola mauritanica

Seen 2026-08-05

Spanish Broom

Spartium junceum

Seen 2026-08-05

Turkey Oak

Quercus cerris

Seen 2026-07-30

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

Official Identifiers