Faeto
Faeto
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| Comune di Faeto | |
 View of Faeto | |
  Faeto Location of Faeto in Italy  Faeto Faeto (Apulia) | |
| Coordinates: 41°19′30″N 15°9′39″E / 41.32500°N 15.16083°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region |  Apulia |
| Province | Foggia (FG) |
| Area | |
• Total | 26.19 km2 (10.11 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 820 m (2,690 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2003)[2] | |
• Total | 719 |
| • Density | 27.5/km2 (71.1/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Faetani (Fadon singular) [citation needed] |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 71020 |
| Dialing code | 0881 |
| ISTAT code | 071023 |
| Patron saint | San Prospero |
| Saint day | Second Sunday in August |
| Website | Official website |
Faeto (Arpitan: Fayéte, IPA: [faˈjet]) is a town and comune in the province of Foggia in the Apulia region of southeast Italy.
It is a mountain village lying astride the Apennines and renowned for its prosciutto, an Italian dry-cured ham known as prosciutto di Faeto. Residents of Faeto and neighbouring Celle di San Vito are speakers of Faetar, a daughter language of the Franco-Provençal language, which is found in an Alpine region spanning northwestern Italy, southeastern France and southwestern Switzerland. Faeto was also historically inhabited by the Arbëreshë community,[3] which still lives in neighboring Greci.
Faeto borders the following municipalities: Biccari, Castelfranco in Miscano, Celle di San Vito, Greci, Orsara di Puglia, Roseto Valfortore.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ↑ All demographics and other statistics from the Italian statistical institute (Istat)
- ↑ Shkurtaj, Gjovalin (1984-05-01). Shpirti i arbrit rron (in Albanian). Artjon Shkurtaj.
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