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.
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Vinony's link graph records 106 inbound references to Miggiano, and connects out to Italian National Institute of Statistics, Italy and time zone.
The entry is geolocated on the map in IT, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Cities and towns in Apulia, Localities of Salento and Municipalities of the Province of Lecce.
Vinony links it to 47 Wikipedia language editions.
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
- Instance of
- comune of Italy
- Official name
- Miggiano
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- province of Lecce
- Population
- 3296
- Area
- 7.8
- Elevation
- 107
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Tricase
- Official website
- www.comune.miggiano.le.it
- Image
- Chiesa di Miggiano1.jpg
- Dialing code
- 0833
- Licence plate code
- LE
- Patron saint
- Vincent of Saragossa
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- Commons category
- Miggiano
- postal code
- 73035
- P11012
- 8mm
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Miggiano” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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