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Irsina
Sign in to saveIrsina, until 1895 called Montepeloso (in local dialect: or ), is a town, comune (municipality) and former Latin bishopric in the province of Matera, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Irsina
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Irsina
- Italian comune.native_name
- Montepelòse or Mondepelòse
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- IrsinaNK.jpg
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Irsina-Stemma.svg
- Italian comune.province
- Matera (MT)
- Italian comune.frazioni
- Borgo Taccone Santa Maria d'Irsi
- Italian comune.mayor
- Nicola Massimo Morea
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 263.47
- Italian comune.population_total
- 4965
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 31 May 2015
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Irsinesi
- Italian comune.elevation_m
- 548
- Italian comune.istat
- 077013
- Italian comune.saint
- Saint Euphemia
- Italian comune.day
- 16 September
- Italian comune.postal_code
- 75022
- Italian comune.area_code
- 0835
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- comune of Italy
- Official name
- Irsina
- Demonym
- irsinesi
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- province of Matera
- Population
- 4449
- Area
- 263.47
- Elevation
- 548
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Gravina in Puglia
- Official website
- www.comune.irsina.mt.it
- Image
- IrsinaAir.jpg
- Dialing code
- 0835
- Licence plate code
- MT
- Patron saint
- Euphemia
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- twinned administrative body
- Sant'Angelo del Pesco
- Commons category
- Irsina
- postal code
- 75022
- member of
- The most beautiful villages in Italy
- topic's main category
- Category:Irsina
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Irsina
- P11012
- LaVerne Jones-Ferrette
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- The town
- Etymology
- History
- Change of name to Irsina
- Modern town
- Climate
- Festivals
- Festival of Piety, Pizzicanto (last weekend in May)
- Festival of Saint Roch (15–17 August)
- Festival of Saint Eufemia, (14 – 17 September)
- Gio: Maria Trabaci Festival
- Main sights
- Notable residents
- Twin towns
- References
Irsina, until 1895 called Montepeloso (in local dialect: or ), is a town, comune (municipality) and former Latin bishopric in the province of Matera, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
==The town== thumb|left|View of Irsina's old town
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Irsina” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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2 mapped locations