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Mercato San Severino (Sanseverinese: Sanzuverin') is a town and comune of the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-west Italy.
Mercato San Severino | |
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| Comune di Mercato San Severino | |
 Railway station | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Mercato San Severino within the Province of Salerno | |
Location of Mercato San Severino  | |
  Mercato San Severino Location of Mercato San Severino in Italy  Mercato San Severino Mercato San Severino (Campania) | |
| Coordinates: 40°47′N 14°45′E / 40.783°N 14.750°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Campania |
| Province | Salerno (SA) |
| Frazioni | Acigliano, Acquarola, Capocasale, Carifi, Ciorani, Corticelle, Costa, Curteri, Galdo di Carifi, Lombardi, Monticelli di Sopra, Monticelli di Sotto, Oscato, Ospizio, Pandola, Piazza del Galdo, Priscoli, Sant'Angelo in Macerata, Sant'Eustachio, San Vincenzo, Spiano, Torello, Valle-Marigliano. |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Antonio Somma |
| Area | |
| • Total | 30.33 km2 (11.71 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 146 m (479 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 21,625 |
| • Density | 710/km2 (1,800/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Sanseverinesi, Rotensi,Sanseveritani |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 84085 |
| Dialing code | 089 |
| Patron saint | St. Roch |
| Saint day | 16 August |
| Website | Official website |
Mercato San Severino shares borders with the municipalities of Baronissi, Bracigliano, Castel San Giorgio, Cava de' Tirreni, Fisciano, Montoro, Roccapiemonte and Siano.
Transport
editMercato San Severino is served by two railway stations: Mercato San Severino is located in the middle of the town, on the lines Salerno-Mercato San Severino, Cancello-Benevento via Avellino and Mercato San Severino-Nocera Inferiore. On this second line is located the stop of Valle, in the same-named suburb of Sant'Angelo in Macerata.
It is served by the A30 motorway (Salerno-Caserta) at the same-named exit (located near Curteri), and also by the RA 02 (Salerno-Avellino) at the exit "Fisciano-Mercato San Severino".
Twin towns
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Personalities
edit- Antonio Somma (1923-2005), partisan, Director of the CGIL trade union, official in the Italian Communist Party from 1951 to 1989.
- Gennaro Maria Sarnelli (1702-1744), redemptorist, blessed.
Notes and references
edit- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ Data from Istat
- ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
External links
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Media related to Mercato San Severino at Wikimedia Commons
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