Cerreto Sannita

Cerreto Sannita
Cerreto Sannita
	Comune di Cerreto Sannita
	Location of Cerreto Sannita
	Cerreto Sannita Location of Cerreto Sannita in Italy Cerreto Sannita Cerreto Sannita (Campania)
	Coordinates: 41°17′N 14°33′E / 41.283°N 14.550°E
Country	Italy
Region	Campania
Province	Benevento (BN)
Government
• Mayor	Giovanni Parente
Area
• Total	33.35 km2 (12.88 sq mi)
Elevation	277 m (909 ft)
Population (1 January 2020)
• Total	3,741
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Demonym	Cerretesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	82032
Dialing code	0824
ISTAT code	062023
Patron saint	Anthony of Padua
Saint day	13 June
Website	www.comune.cerretosannita.bn.it

Cerreto Sannita (Italian pronunciation: [tʃerˈreːto sanˈniːta]; Campanian: Cerrìte [tʃərˈriːtə]) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania, located about 60 km northeast of Naples and about 25 km northwest of Benevento.

The town was completely destroyed by the 1688 Sannio earthquake, and rebuilt in a different position.^[5]

References

^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ "Cerreto Sannita". Tuttitalia (in Italian).
^ "Resident population". Istat. 1 January 2020. Archived from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
^ "Comune di Cerreto Sannita". Comuni di Italia. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
^ "I terremoti nella STORIA: Il grande terremoto del Sannio del 5 giugno 1688". INGVterremoti (in Italian). INGV. 26 June 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2017.

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