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Frigento
Comune di Frigento
File:Excattedrale.jpg
CountryItaly
RegionCampania
ProvinceAvellino (AV)
FrazioniPila ai Piani
Area
 • Total
37.75 km2 (14.58 sq mi)
Elevation
911 m (2,989 ft)
Population
 (1 May 2009)[2]
 • Total
4,068
 • Density107.8/km2 (279.1/sq mi)
DemonymFrigentini
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
83040
Dialing code0825
ISTAT code064035
Patron saintSan Marciano
Saint day14 June
WebsiteOfficial website

Frigento is a town and comune in the province of Avellino, Campania, Italy, near Gesualdo (town).


References

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ All demographics and other statistics from the Italian statistical institute (Istat); Dati - Popolazione residente all'1/5/2009

FRIGENTO, PROVINCE OF AVELLINO, CAMPANIA-ITALY: Located in the famous valley of Ansanto. The name of the town derives from the Latin Frequentia, and there are many Roman remains. In the Middle Ages the town was included in the Lombard Dukedom of Benevento. Frigento was destroyed by the Saracens in 926 AD, rebuilt and destroyed again 60 years later by a terrible earthquake and again rebuilt in the same place.