Monteforte Irpino | |
Official Name: | Comune di Monteforte Irpino |
Coordinates: | 40.8928°N 14.7194°W |
Province: | (AV) |
Frazioni: | Alvanella, Campi, Fenestrelle, Gaudi, Molinelle, Vetreria |
Mayor: | Costantino Giordano |
Area Total Km2: | 26.70 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 10415 |
Population As Of: | 31 August 2011 |
Population Demonym: | Montefortesi |
Elevation M: | 502 |
Saint: | St. Martin |
Day: | 11 November |
Postal Code: | 83024 |
Area Code: | 0825 |
Monteforte Irpino is a town and comune in the province of Avellino, Campania, Italy. A bus crash near the town killed 40 people in 2013.[2] The victims were pilgrims coming home from a trip to a Catholic shrine when the bus slid off a road near Monteforte Irpino and fell 100feet off a bridge.