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Comune in Apulia, Italy
Melpignano Griko: Lipignana
Comune
Comune di Melpignano
Location of Melpignano
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Coordinates: 40°9′N 18°18′E / 40.150°N 18.300°E / 40.150; 18.300
CountryItaly
Region Apulia
ProvinceLecce (LE)
FrazioniCastrignano de' Greci, Corigliano d'Otranto, Cursi, Cutrofiano, Maglie
Government
 • MayorValentina Avantaggiato
Area
 • Total10 km (4 sq mi)
Elevation89 m (292 ft)
Population
 • Total2,221
 • Density220/km (580/sq mi)
DemonymMelpignanesi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code73020
Dialing code0836
ISTAT code075045
Patron saintSan Giorgio
Saint day23 April
WebsiteOfficial website

Melpignano (Griko: Lipignana; Salentino: Merpignanu) is a small town and comune in the province of Lecce in Apulia, Italy. It is one of the nine towns of Grecìa Salentina. Melpignano has a population of 2,209 inhabitants (called Melpignanesi) and an area of 10.93 square kilometres (4.22 sq mi), thus showing a population density of 202,1 inhabitants per square kilometer. The comune rises 89 metres (292 ft) above sea level.

There are 84 industrial firms employing 474 people who are 60.69% of the total of the workers. There are 50 service firms employing 165 people who are 21.13% of the total of the workers. There are 39 firms employing 89 people who are 11.40% of the total of the workers. There are 23 administrative offices employing 53 workers who are 6.79% of the total of the workers.

The people of Melpignano, alongside Italian, also speak Griko, a Greek dialect. The language, folklore, traditions and history of Calimera, like those of the eight other cities in the area called "Salentine Greece", reveal significant Greek influences over the course of time, presumably from the time of the Byzantine control, or even the ancient Magna Graecia colonisation in the 8th century BCE.

References

  1. "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. Population from ISTAT
Apulia · Comuni of the Province of Lecce
Province of Lecce
Grecìa Salentina (Salentinian Greece)
Grecìa Salentina and Bovesia within Southern Italy Map of the municipalities belonging to the Grecìa Salentina within the Province of Lecce



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