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Balvano
Sign in to saveBalvano (Lucano: ) is a city and commune in the province of Potenza (Basilicata, southern Italy).
Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Balvano
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Balvano
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Balvano.jpg
- Italian comune.region
- Basilicata
- Italian comune.province
- Potenza (PZ)
- Italian comune.mayor
- Costantino Di Carlo
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 41
- Italian comune.population_total
- 1938
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 31 December 2006
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Balvanesi
- Italian comune.elevation_m
- 425
- Italian comune.istat
- 076008
- Italian comune.saint
- St. Anthony
- Italian comune.day
- 13 June
- Italian comune.postal_code
- 85050
- Italian comune.area_code
- 0971
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- comune of Italy
- Official name
- Balvano
- Demonym
- balvanesi
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- province of Potenza
- Population
- 1722
- Area
- 42.15
- Elevation
- 425
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Romagnano al Monte
- Official website
- www.comune.balvano.pz.it
- Image
- Balvano.jpg
- Dialing code
- 0971
- Licence plate code
- PZ
- Patron saint
- Anthony of Padua
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- Commons category
- Balvano
- postal code
- 85050
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Encyclopedic overview
Balvano (Lucano: ) is a city and commune in the province of Potenza (Basilicata, southern Italy).
The recent history of Balvano is connected to several catastrophes. In 1944, a steam train stalled in a nearby railway tunnel, suffocating over 500 people. It was also one of the towns nearly destroyed by the 1980 Irpinia earthquake.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Balvano” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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