Motta Montecorvino

Comune in Apulia, Italy

Motta Montecorvino

Comune

Comune di Motta Montecorvino

Location of Motta Montecorvino

Motta Montecorvino

Location of Motta Montecorvino in Italy

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Motta Montecorvino

Motta Montecorvino (Apulia)

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Coordinates: 41°30′N 15°7′E﻿ / ﻿41.500°N 15.117°E﻿ / 41.500; 15.117
Country| Italy
Region| Apulia
Province| Foggia (FG)
Government

• Mayor| Domenico Iavagnilio
Area

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• Total

| 19.94 km2 (7.70 sq mi)
Elevation

| 662 m (2,172 ft)
Population

(28 February 2017)[2]

• Total

| 716
• Density| 36/km2 (93/sq mi)
Demonym| Mottesi
Time zone| UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code|

71030

Dialing code| 0881
Patron saint| St. John the Baptist
Saint day| 6 May
Website| Official website

Motta Montecorvino (Pugliese: A Mottè) is a town, comune (municipality), former bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see in the province of Foggia, Apulia, southeast Italy.

The city was losing its population in the early 15th century, and then an earthquake on 5 December 1456 reduced it to rubble and ruins, apart from a guard tower. Even its cathedral was destroyed.[3]

## 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)
3. ^ Maria Stella Calò Mariani, "I villages désertés della Capitanata. Fiorentino e Montecorvino", in Atti del 27º convegno sulla preistoria-protostoria-storia della Daunia (San Severo, 2007), pp. 56-57. See photograph of cathedral ruins on p. 82.

## External links

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* Official website

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Apulia · Comuni of the Province of Foggia

* Accadia
* Alberona
* Anzano di Puglia
* Apricena
* Ascoli Satriano
* Biccari
* Bovino
* Cagnano Varano
* Candela
* Carapelle
* Carlantino
* Carpino
* Casalnuovo Monterotaro
* Casalvecchio di Puglia
* Castelluccio Valmaggiore
* Castelluccio dei Sauri
* Castelnuovo della Daunia
* Celenza Valfortore
* Celle di San Vito
* Cerignola
* Chieuti
* Deliceto
* Faeto
* Foggia
* Ischitella
* Lesina
* Lucera
* Manfredonia
* Mattinata
* Monte Sant'Angelo
* Monteleone di Puglia
* Motta Montecorvino
* Ordona
* Orsara di Puglia
* Orta Nova
* Panni
* Peschici
* Pietramontecorvino
* Poggio Imperiale
* Rignano Garganico
* Rocchetta Sant'Antonio
* Rodi Garganico
* Roseto Valfortore
* San Giovanni Rotondo
* San Marco in Lamis
* San Marco la Catola
* San Nicandro Garganico
* San Paolo di Civitate
* San Severo
* Sant'Agata di Puglia
* Serracapriola
* Stornara
* Stornarella
* Torremaggiore
* Tremiti Islands
* Troia
* Vico del Gargano
* Vieste
* Volturara Appula
* Volturino
* Zapponeta

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