Apricena
Sign in to saveApricena (Foggiano: ) is an Apulian town in the province of Foggia. It is from its provincial capital, Foggia, Italy and a few kilometres inland from the Adriatic Sea.
Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Apricena
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Apricena
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Castello apricena.JPG
- Italian comune.image_caption
- The Castle of Apricena.
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Apricena-Stemma.png
- Italian comune.region
- Apulia
- Italian comune.province
- Foggia (FG)
- Italian comune.mayor
- Antonio Potenza
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 172.51
- Italian comune.population_total
- 13246
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 30 April 2017
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Apricenesi
- Italian comune.elevation_m
- 73
- Italian comune.saint
- Crowned Mary
- Italian comune.day
- Last Sunday in May
- Italian comune.postal_code
- 71011
- Italian comune.area_code
- 0882
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Apricena (Foggiano: ) is an Apulian town in the province of Foggia. It is from its provincial capital, Foggia, Italy and a few kilometres inland from the Adriatic Sea.
This territory is mainly plain, cultivated with olives, cereals and wine. The economy is focused on quarrying the local rock, the Stone of Apricena, and exporting it to Germany, Japan, and China.