Miggiano
Sign in to saveMiggiano (Salentino: ) is an Italian city of 3,702 inhabitants in the province of Lecce in Apulia. Located in the lower Salento, a few kilometres from the Adriatic coast, it lies from the chief town and from Santa Maria di Leuca. Formerly considered a town, in 2003 Miggiano was elevated to the status of City.
Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Miggiano
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Miggiano
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Miggiano-Stemma.png
- Italian comune.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Italian comune.region
- Apulia
- Italian comune.province
- (LE)
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 7
- Italian comune.population_total
- 3684
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- November 2008
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Miggianesi
- Italian comune.elevation_m
- 107
- Italian comune.saint
- San Vincenzo di Saragozza, Santa Marina (Marino), Madonna del Carmine, Santa Barbara
- Italian comune.day
- 22 January
- Italian comune.postal_code
- 73035
- Italian comune.area_code
- 0833
- Italian comune.istat
- 075046
- Italian comune.frazioni
- Montesano Salentino, Ruffano, Specchia, Tricase
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Miggiano
- Population
- 3296
- Area
- 7.8
- Elevation
- 107
- Official website
- www.comune.miggiano.le.it
- Image
- Chiesa di Miggiano1.jpg
- Dialing code
- 0833
- Licence plate code
- LE
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- Commons category
- Miggiano
- postal code
- 73035
- P11012
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15 sectionsContents
- Climate
- History
- Name origins
- Monuments and places of interest
- Cathedral Church
- Crypt of Santa Marina
- Other religious architecture
- Civil architecture
- Palace Vernaleone
- Palace Episcopo
- Other civil architecture
- Courtyard houses
- Underground oil mills
- Dialect
- References
Miggiano (Salentino: ) is an Italian city of 3,702 inhabitants in the province of Lecce in Apulia. Located in the lower Salento, a few kilometres from the Adriatic coast, it lies from the chief town and from Santa Maria di Leuca. Formerly considered a town, in 2003 Miggiano was elevated to the status of City.
The town or city of Miggiano, located in the central part of the Capo di Leuca at the foot of the Serre Salento, has a flat shape and is between above sea level. The commune's surface geology is composed of Melissano limestone, formed in the Cretaceous. The karst terrain favours the creation of long underground rivers that feed the aquifers. The town, whose area covers about , borders to the north Montesano Salentino, to the east Tricase, to the south Mirror, and to the west Ruffano.
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