Montecorvino Pugliano | |
Official Name: | Comune di Montecorvino Pugliano |
Coordinates: | 40.6833°N 71°W |
Region: | Campania |
Province: | Salerno (SA) |
Frazioni: | Bivio Pratole, Pagliarone, Pugliano, Santa Tecla, San Vito, Torello |
Mayor: | Alessandro Chiola (vice-mayor) |
Area Total Km2: | 28.88 |
Population Total: | 10850 |
Population As Of: | 30 November 2017[1] |
Population Demonym: | Puglianesi, Santateclesi |
Elevation M: | 42 |
Saint: | St. Bernardino of Siena |
Day: | 20 May |
Postal Code: | 84090 |
Area Code: | 089 |
Montecorvino Pugliano is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-west Italy. The communal seat is in Pugliano; no settlement in the municipality is called "Montecorvino", a toponym related to the nearby commune of Montecorvino Rovella.
Montecorvino borders with the municipalities of Bellizzi, Giffoni Valle Piana, Montecorvino Rovella and Pontecagnano Faiano.
It includes the frazioni of Pugliano (seat), Bivio Pratole, Pagliarone, Santa Tecla, San Vito and Torello.
In south of Santa Tecla, near the road linking the village to Faiano, there are some ancient Roman thermae (40.6641°N 14.9196°W) with a spring of sulphurous water.[2]