Castelnuovo Cilento

Comune in Campania, Italy

Location of Castelnuovo Cilento

40°13′04.4″N 15°10′37.6″E / 40.217889°N 15.177111°E / 40.217889; 15.177111CountryItalyRegionCampaniaProvinceSalerno (SA)FrazioniSalicuneta, Vallo Scalo, VelinaArea

^[1]

• Total18 km² (7 sq mi)Elevation

280 m (920 ft)Population

(30 June 2017)^[2]

• Total2,810 • Density160/km² (400/sq mi)DemonymCastelnovesiTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

84040

Dialing code0974Patron saintMary MagdaleneSaint dayJuly 22WebsiteOfficial website

Castelnuovo Cilento (Cilentan: Castiedde Nuove) is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.

History

The medieval village of Castelnuovo was part of the fief of the Agnello family from Senerchia. The current toponym, adding Cilento, was adopted in 1861, after the Italian unification.^[3]

Geography

Castelnuovo is a town located on a hill above the plain of river Alento, next to the town of Vallo della Lucania and the Ancient Greek city of Velia. It is part of Cilento and is included into its national park.

The municipality borders with Ascea, Casal Velino, Ceraso, Salento and Vallo della Lucania.^[4] It counts the hamlets (frazioni) of Velina (formerly known as Casalvelino Scalo), Vallo Scalo (shared with Casal Velino) and the rural locality of Salicuneta.

Transport

The territory of Castelnuovo is served by a pair of railway stations, Vallo della Lucania-Castelnuovo and Casal Velino, both on the Naples-Reggio Calabria line. The first one is located in Vallo Scalo and is also served by long-distance trains, the second is located in Velina, and is out of service. It is also served by the highway SP 430 Battipaglia-Agropoli-Vallo-Sapri, at the exit "Vallo Scalo-Salento".

References

^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ (in Italian) Source: Istat 2011
^ (in Italian) History of Castelnuovo Cilento Archived 2016-08-21 at the Wayback Machine
^ 40334 (x a j h) Castelnuovo Cilento on OpenStreetMap