Lagonegro

Town in the province of Potenza

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Comune in Basilicata, Italy

Coat of arms

Lagonegro within the Province of Potenza

Location of Lagonegro

40°8′N 15°46′E / 40.133°N 15.767°E / 40.133; 15.767CountryItalyRegionBasilicataProvincePotenza (PZ)FrazioniCasale Serino, Cervaro, Farno, Fecìla, Fortino, Malpignata, Pennarone, StretteGovernment

• MayorMaria Rita Cocciufa (commissar§)Area

^[1]

• Total113.07 km² (43.66 sq mi)Elevation

666 m (2,185 ft)Population

(31 December 2017)^[2]

• Total5,442 • Density48/km² (120/sq mi)DemonymLagonegresiTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

85042

Dialing code0973Patron saintSt. Nicholas of BariSaint day6 DecemberWebsiteOfficial website

Lagonegro (Lucano: Launìvere) is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italy region of Basilicata. It is part of the Valle del Noce and has (2017) a population of 5,471.^[2]

Geography

The municipality, located southwest of its province, near the borders of Basilicata with Cilento, a subregion of Campania, is bordered by the municipalities of Casalbuono, Casaletto Spartano, Lauria, Moliterno, Montesano sulla Marcellana, Nemoli, Rivello and Tortorella.^[3] It counts the hamlets (frazioni) of Casale Serino, Cervaro, Farno, Fecìla, Fortino, Malpignata, Pennarone and Strette.

Transport

The town is served by two exits ("Lagonegro Nord" and "Lagonegro Sud") of the A2 motorway, linking Naples and Salerno to Cosenza, Lamezia and Reggio Calabria. Its railway station is the terminus of 2 abandoned lines using two different gauges: the standard gauge line Sicignano–Lagonegro, and the narrow gauge line Lagonegro–Castrovillari–Spezzano Albanese.^{[citation needed]}

People

Tiziana Alagia (born 1973), long-distance runner
Giuseppe Mango (1954–2014), singer

References

^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ ^a ^b (in Italian) Source: Istat 2017
^ 40289 (x a j h) Lagonegro on OpenStreetMap