Capaccio Paestum Explained

Capaccio Paestum
Official Name:Comune di Capaccio Paestum
Coordinates:40.4167°N 20°W
Province: (SA)
Frazioni:Borgo Nuovo, Cafasso, Capaccio Scalo, Chiorbo, Foce Sele, Gaiarda, Gromola, Laura, Licinella, Linora, Paestum, Ponte Barizzo, Rettifilo-Vannulo, Spinazzo, Santa Venere, Tempa di Lepre, Torre di Mare, Tempa San Paolo, Vuccolo Maiorano
Mayor:Franco Palumbo 
Area Total Km2:113.03
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:22802
Population As Of:31 December 2017
Population Demonym:Capaccesi
Elevation M:441
Saint:St. Vitus
Day:15 June
Postal Code:84047 (Capoluogo), 84040 (Capaccio Scalo), 84050 (Laura-Gromola), 84063 (Paestum), 84060 (Ponte Barizzo)
Area Code:0828

Capaccio Paestum (formerly only Capaccio, from Latin Caput Aquae) is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. The ruins of the ancient Greek city of Paestum lie within borders of the comune.

History

See also: Paestum.

Geography

Located in northern Cilento, near the mouth of Sele, Capaccio is a hill town surrounded by a plain in which resides almost all of the hamlets (frazioni) and the majority of the population, mostly concentrated at Capaccio Scalo, seat of the train station.

The municipality borders with Agropoli, Albanella, Cicerale, Eboli, Giungano, Roccadaspide and Trentinara. The hamlets are Borgo Nuovo, Capaccio Scalo, Cafasso, Chiorbo, Foce Sele, Gaiarda, Gromola, Laura, Licinella, Linora, Paestum, Ponte Barizzo, Rettifilo-Vannulo, Spinazzo, Santa Venere, Tempa di Lepre, Torre di Mare, Tempa San Paolo, and Vuccolo Maiorano.

Transport

The nearest airport is Salerno-Pontecagnano (QSR), 35 km from Capaccio.

Notable people

See also

Notes and References

  1. Source: Istat 2011