Pietrelcina

Pietrelcina Pretapucìna (Neapolitan)
Comune
Comune di Pietrelcina
A street in Pietrelcina
Location of Pietrelcina
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Coordinates: 41°12′N 14°51′E
Country	Italy
Region	Campania
Province	Benevento (BN)
Frazioni	Piana Romana, Stazione
Government
• Mayor	Domenico Masone
Area [1]
• Total	28.77 km^2 (11.11 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	345 m (1,132 ft)
Population  (1 January 2020)[3]
• Total	2,996
• Density	100/km^2 (270/sq mi)
Demonym	Pietrelcinesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	82020
Dialing code	0824
ISTAT code	062052
Patron saint	Madonna della Libera[4]
Saint day	3 December
Website	Official website

Pietrelcina (Neapolitan: Pretapucìna) is a town and comune (municipality) in the province of Benevento in the Campania region of southern Italy. It is the birthplace of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, better known as Padre Pio.

Geography

Benevento, Paduli, Pago Veiano and Pesco Sannita are neighbouring towns.

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Italy

Pietrelcina is twinned with:

• San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
• Bethlehem, Palestine
• Wadowice, Poland, since 2006

References

1. "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
2. "Pietrelcina". Tuttitalia (in Italian).
3. "Resident population". Istat. 1 January 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
4. "Comune di Pietrelcina". Comuni di Italia. Retrieved 28 July 2021.

External links

• Photo Gallery (in Italian)