Mirabella Eclano

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Comune in Campania, Italy

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Location of Mirabella Eclano

41°2′45″N 14°59′59″E / 41.04583°N 14.99972°E / 41.04583; 14.99972CountryItalyRegionCampaniaProvinceAvellino (AV)FrazioniCalore, Passo di Mirabella, PianopantanoGovernment

• MayorFrancescantonio CaponeArea

^[1]

• Total33.96 km² (13.11 sq mi)Elevation

372 m (1,220 ft)Population

(31 March 2018)^[2]

• Total7,549 • Density220/km² (580/sq mi)DemonymEclanesi or MirabellaniTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

83036

Dialing code0825Patron saintMadonna del Latte, Saint BlaiseSaint day2 FebruaryWebsiteOfficial website

Mirabella Eclano is an Italian town and comune of the province of Avellino, in the Southern Italian Campania region. As of 2011^[update] its population was of 7,904.^[2]

History

The Roman site of Aeclanum once stood nearby. It is now an archaeological park and lies in the frazione of Passo di Mirabella.^[3]

Geography

Mirabella is located 46 kilometers far from the provincial capital, Avellino, and 30 from Benevento. The municipality, located near the Province of Benevento, borders with Apice, Bonito, Calvi, Fontanarosa, Grottaminarda, Sant'Angelo all'Esca, Taurasi, Torre Le Nocelle, and Venticano.

It counts the hamlets (frazioni) of Calore (shared with Venticano), Passo di Mirabella, and Pianopantano. Passo di Mirabella, located on the national highway "SS 90", represents the municipal commercial area.

People

Julian of Eclanum (c. 386 – c. 455), bishop of Aeclanum

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 2011
^ (in Italian) Aeclanum on Mirabella municipal website Archived 2015-01-21 at the Wayback Machine