Corfinio

Corfinio is a comune (municipality) and town in the province of L'Aquila, in the Italian region of Abruzzo.

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Italian comune.name: Corfinio
Italian comune.official_name: Comune di Corfinio
Italian comune.image_skyline: File:AbrCorfinioSanPelino1.jpg
Italian comune.image_caption: Co-cathedral of San Pelino, in the diocese of Sulmona-Valva
Italian comune.image_shield: Corfinio-Stemma.png
Italian comune.province: (AQ)
Italian comune.mayor_party: Massimo Colangelo
Italian comune.area_total_km2: 18.19
Italian comune.population_total: 1067
Italian comune.population_as_of: 31 December 2010
Italian comune.population_demonym: Corfiniesi
Italian comune.elevation_m

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Corfinio is a comune (municipality) and town in the province of L'Aquila, in the Italian region of Abruzzo.

In the Middle Ages, Roman Corfinium was known as Valva, and was the seat of a bishopric. This name is preserved in the name of the united diocese of Sulmona-Valva.