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Preci
Umbriavillage
Preci
Total population
279
Demographic figures from ISTAT. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
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Overview
Preci is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Perugia in the Italian region Umbria, located about 60 km southeast of Perugia. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia.
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History
Preci originated as an ancient Sabine settlement. In the early Middle Ages it was subject first to the Duchy of Spoleto and later to the Church under Pope Innocent III. In 1232–33, the settlement is recorded as a castrum, and during that period it paid the fodrum, a feudal levy, to Duke Conrad as well as to the papal rector. By the mid-13th century Preci had submitted to the Commune of Norcia, a subjection that was formally recognized in 1276 by the papal legate Capocci. Between 1798 and 1799, during the Roman Republic, Preci was included in the Department of Spoleto within the Canton of Visso and was temporarily separated from Norcia. After 1799 it returned to papal control within the Apostolic Delegation of Spoleto. Under Napoleonic rule from 1809 to 1814, Preci was governed as a mairie in the Department of Trasimeno, Canton of Norcia. With the Restoration in 1814 it returned to the Papal States. In 1817 it was established as an autonomous municipality. The old center of Preci was later ravaged by the October 2016 Central Italy Earthquakes. Since 2019, part of the historic center has been reopened to visitors.
Geography
Preci is situated in mountainous terrain within the Castoriana valley and is enclosed by walls. The historic borgo is crossed by the Campiano river. The surrounding territory is largely mountainous. In 2021, 98 people lived in rural dispersed dwellings not assigned to any named locality. At the time, most of the population lived in Preci proper (279), and Corone (83).
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Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
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Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Umbria
- Sellano5.7 mi away · pop. 224
- Cerreto di Spoleto7.3 mi away · pop. 306
- Verchiano9.3 mi away · pop. 457
- Colfiorito12.7 mi away · pop. 459
- Poggiodomo12.8 mi away · pop. 46
- La Bianca13.8 mi away
- Campello sul Clitunno13.9 mi away · pop. 1,945
- Pissignano14.4 mi away
- Sant'Anatolia di Narco14.4 mi away · pop. 246
- Santa Maria in Valle14.9 mi away · pop. 619
- Scheggino15.6 mi away · pop. 250
- Monteleone di Spoleto16.4 mi away · pop. 245
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Official Identifiers
ISTAT — Italian National Institute of Statistics
- ISTAT code
- 054043
- Province
- Perugia (PG)
- Region
- Umbria
- NUTS3 (2024)
- ITI21
- Codice catastale
- H015
Elenco comuni italiani (CC BY 3.0 IT)
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • ISTAT — Italian national statistics (Elenco comuni italiani), via istat.it (official ISTAT code, province, region, NUTS3, codice catastale)
- • ISTAT — Italian National Institute of Statistics — Elenco comuni italiani (CC BY 3.0 IT)