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Morcone
Sign in to saveMorcone is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania, located about 70 km northeast of Naples and about 25 km northwest of Benevento. The villages (Contrade) of Morcone include: Canepino, Cuffiano, Coste, Torre, Fuschi, Piana.
Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Morcone
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Morcone
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Morcone.jpg
- Italian comune.image_caption
- An aerial view of the town of Morcone in the Matese Mountains
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Morcone-Stemma.svg
- Italian comune.map_caption
- Location of Morcone within the province of Benevento.
- Italian comune.region
- Campania
- Italian comune.province
- Benevento (BN)
- Italian comune.frazioni
- Bochicchi, Canepino Piscone, Colle Alto, Colle di Serra, Colonia Casetta, Coste, Cuffiano, Fiorenza, Fontana Vetica, Fosana, Galli, Giambellardini, Laici, Macchia, Montagna, Monti, Morcone Scalo, Piana, Piano Viola, Pontepescosardo, Ponte Stretto, Selvapiana, Solla, Stautieri, Torre, Zeoli
- Italian comune.mayor
- Lugino Ciarlo
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 101.33
- Italian comune.elevation_m
- 680
- Italian comune.population_total
- 4744
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 1 January 2020
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Morconesi
- Italian comune.postal_code
- 82026
- Italian comune.area_code
- 0824
- Italian comune.istat
- 062044
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- comune of Italy
- Official name
- Morcone
- Demonym
- morconesi
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Province of Benevento
- Population
- 4515
- Area
- 101.33
- Elevation
- 680
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Pietraroja
- Official website
- www.comune.morcone.bn.it/la_citta/dati.htm
- Image
- Morcone.jpg
- Dialing code
- 0824
- Licence plate code
- BN
- Patron saint
- Bernardino of Siena
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- Commons category
- Morcone
- postal code
- 82026
- twinned administrative body
- Penela
- P11012
- Hylocharis
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- Main sights
- Town center
- Castle and Samnite ruins
- Other sights
- Twin towns
- References
- Sources
- External links
Morcone is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania, located about 70 km northeast of Naples and about 25 km northwest of Benevento. The villages (Contrade) of Morcone include: Canepino, Cuffiano, Coste, Torre, Fuschi, Piana.
Morcone borders the following municipalities: Campolattaro, Cercemaggiore, Cerreto Sannita, Circello, Pietraroja, Pontelandolfo, Santa Croce del Sannio, Sassinoro, Sepino.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Morcone” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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