Picciano

Picciano is a village and comune in Italy in the Province of Pescara, within the Abruzzo region. Its population at the end of 2006 was 1,398.

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Italian comune.name: Picciano
Italian comune.official_name: Comune di Picciano
Italian comune.image_skyline: Picciano-4.jpg
Italian comune.image_caption: View of Picciano from the east
Italian comune.region: Abruzzo
Italian comune.province: Pescara (PE)
Italian comune.frazioni: Piccianello, Pagliari, Colletti, Le Piane, Incotte, Casette, Colli, Fontanelle.
Italian comune.mayor: Marino Marini
Italian comune.area_total_km2: 7
Italian comune.population_total: 1398
Italian comune.population_as_of: December 31, 2006
Italian comune.population_demonym: Piccianesi
Italian comune.elevation_m: 153
Italian comune.saint: San Vincenzo Ferreri
Italian comune.day: 1st Sunday after Easter
Italian comune.postal_code: 65010
Italian comune.area_code: 085

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Official name: Picciano
Demonym: piccianesi
Population: 1277
Area: 7.56
Elevation: 153
Official website: comune.picciano.pe.it
Image: Picciano-4.jpg
Dialing code: 085
Licence plate code: PE

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Commons category: Picciano
postal code: 65010
P11012: Jägersee
native label: Picciano

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Picciano is a village and comune in Italy in the Province of Pescara, within the Abruzzo region. Its population at the end of 2006 was 1,398.

==History== Picciano is first mentioned in 1049 when Bernardo Earl of Penne, with the Charta Offersionis, gave fields and buildings to build a Benedictine abbey in its hills. This is the first indication of the existence of a town called Picciano. and could be considered its terminus ante quem.