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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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.