Mercato San Severino
| Mercato San Severino | ||
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| Comune | ||
| Comune di Mercato San Severino | ||
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  Mercato San Severino | ||
| Coordinates: 40°47′N 14°45′E / 40.783°N 14.750°E | ||
| Country | Italy | |
| Region | Campania | |
| Province | Salerno (SA) | |
| Frazioni |
Acigliano, Acquarola, Capocasale, Carifi, Ciorani, Corticelle, Costa, Curteri, Galdo di Carifi, Lombardi, Monticelli di Sopra, Monticelli di Sotto, Oscato, Ospizio, Pandola, Piazza del Galdo, Priscoli, Sant'Angelo in Macerata, Sant'Eustachio, San Vincenzo, Spiano, Torello, Valle-Marigliano. | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Giovanni Romano | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 30 km2 (10 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 260 m (850 ft) | |
| Population (1 April 2009[1]) | ||
| • Total | 21,432 | |
| • Density | 710/km2 (1,900/sq mi) | |
| Demonym | Sanseverinesi | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 84085 | |
| Dialing code | 089 | |
| Patron saint | St. Roch | |
| Saint day | 16 August | |
| Website | Official website | |
Mercato San Severino is a town and comune of the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-west Italy.
Geography
Mercato San Severino shares borders with the municipalities of Baronissi, Bracigliano, Castel San Giorgio, Cava de' Tirreni, Fisciano, Montoro Inferiore (AV), Roccapiemonte and Siano.
It contains 23 civil parishes (frazioni): Acigliano, Acquarola, Capocasale, Carifi, Ciorani, Corticelle, Costa, Curteri, Galdo di Carifi, Lombardi, Monticelli di Sopra, Monticelli di Sotto, Oscato Ospizio, Pandola, Piazza del Galdo, Priscoli, Sant'Angelo in Macerata, Sant'Eustachio, San Vincenzo, Spiano, Torello and Valle-Marigliano.
Transport
Mercato San Severino is served by two railway stations: Mercato San Severino is located in the middle of the town, on the lines Salerno-Avellino-Benevento and Mercato San Severino-Sarno-Nocera Inferiore. On this second line is located the stop of Valle, in the same-named suburb of Sant'Angelo in Macerata.
It is served by the A30 motorway (Salerno-Caserta) at the same-named exit (located near Curteri), and also by the RA 02 (Salerno-Avellino) at the exit "Fisciano-Mercato San Severino".
Twin towns
Personalities
- Antonio Somma (1923-2005), partisan, Director of the CGIL trade union, official in the Italian Communist Party from 1951 to 1989.
- Luigi Cacciatore (1900-1951), member of parliament and Minister of the Italian Republic in 1947
- Ovidio Serino (1813-1886), one of Garibaldi's Thousand, 1860-61
- Carmine Manzi (1919-2012), poet, writer and journalist, founded the Accademia di Paestum in 1949
- Francesco Cacciatore (1904-1983), parliamentary
- Donato Somma (1862-1912), officer of the Italian Army, gold medal at the value in the Italo-Turkish War
- Francesco Trotta (1831-1906), bishop of Teramo and Ariano
- Basilio Pergamo (1902-1952), theologist
- Francescantonio Biondo (1593-1644), Bishop of Capri and Ortona
- Antimo Negri (1923-2005), university lecturer and philosopher of labour
- Ernesto Olivero (b. 1940), social activist
- Gregorio Portanova (1898-1982), local historian
- Gabriele Cuomo (1913-1995), local historian
- Ottavio Caputo (1926-1996), local historian
- Andrea Villani (1706-1792), theologian, Father Superior of the Redemptorist Motherhouse in Ciorani
- Gennaro Maria Sarnelli (1702-1744), redemptorist, blessed.
- Pietro Folliero (?-1588), jurist and politician
- Raffaello Aversa (1589-1657), theologist and philosopher
- Luigi Noia (1937-2011), local historian
- Emilio Pesce (1927-1992), scholar of Italian Literature
- Angelo Antonio Toriello (b. 1962), social activist, investigative journalist and diplomat, currently serving as ambassador - special adviser, humanitarian and social affairs - of the Permanent Mission of Democratic Republic of Sao Tomé and Principe to the United Nations.
Notes and references
External links
Media related to Mercato San Severino at Wikimedia Commons