Chiaromonte Explained

Chiaromonte
Official Name:Comune di Chiaromonte
Coordinates:40.1167°N 29°W
Province: (PZ)
Frazioni:Armirosse, Battifarano, Bosco Magnano, Canocchielo-Pollino, Ponte, Cupolo, Grottole, Largo di Mezzo, Mancuoso, Pietrapica, Sagittario, Sammarella, San Pasquale, Sant'Uopo
Mayor:Valentina Viola
Area Total Km2:70.02
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:2041
Population As Of:December 2008
Population Demonym:Chiaromontesi
Elevation M:794
Saint:St. John the Baptist
Day:24 June, 29 August
Postal Code:85032
Area Code:0973

Chiaromonte is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. Under the pseudonym "Montegrano", it was the case study for Edward C. Banfield's The Moral Basis of a Backward Society.

Notes and References

  1. All demographics and other statistics from the Italian statistical institute (Istat)