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Corbara

Coordinates: 40°43′N 14°36′E / 40.717°N 14.600°E / 40.717; 14.600
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Corbara
Comune di Corbara
Corbara within the Province of Salerno
Corbara within the Province of Salerno
Location of Corbara
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Corbara is located in Italy
Corbara
Corbara
Location of Corbara in Italy
Corbara is located in Campania
Corbara
Corbara
Corbara (Campania)
Coordinates: 40°43′N 14°36′E / 40.717°N 14.600°E / 40.717; 14.600
CountryItaly
RegionCampania
ProvinceSalerno (SA)
Area
 • Total6.66 km2 (2.57 sq mi)
Elevation
232 m (761 ft)
Population
 (1 April 2009)[2]
 • Total2,581
 • Density390/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
DemonymCorbaresi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
84010
Dialing code081
ISTAT code065047
Patron saintSan Bartolomeo
WebsiteOfficial website

Corbara is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.

Geography

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View of Corbara

The municipality borders with Angri, Lettere (NA), Sant'Egidio del Monte Albino and Tramonti.

History

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An area populated since Roman times, the first attestation of the Corbara village occurs in the 11th century, when the name Corvara appeared.

Two religious buildings were built in the Middle Ages: the church of San Giuseppe, around which the village of Sala was formed, the historic center of Corbara, and the hermitage of Sant'Erasmo.


The town of Corbara depended on Sant'Egidio del Monte Albino.

The municipal entity of Corbara was born only at the end of the 16th century, when the bishop of Nocera granted the town an autonomous parish (the Church of San Bartolomeo, then of San Francesco) and thus the Universitas Corbariensis, part of the city of Nocera, was founded. de' Pagani. The current municipality was established in 1806.

References

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  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'1/4/2009
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