Piano di Sorrento
Piano di Sorrento | |
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| Comune di Piano di Sorrento | |
 Beach of Piano di Sorrento | |
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  Piano di Sorrento Location within Italy  Piano di Sorrento Location within Campania | |
| Coordinates: 40°38′N 14°25′E / 40.633°N 14.417°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Campania |
| Metropolitan city | Naples (NA) |
| Frazioni | Cassano, Colli San Pietro, Mortora, Trinità |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Salvatore Cappiello |
| Area | |
• Total | 7.3 km2 (2.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 96 m (315 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 13,136 |
| • Density | 1,800/km2 (4,700/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Carottesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 80063 |
| Dialing code | 081 |
| ISTAT code | 063053 |
| Website | Official website |
Piano di Sorrento is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about 25 km (16 mi) southeast of Naples. Piano di Sorrento borders the following municipalities: Meta, Sant'Agnello, Vico Equense.[citation needed]
Victorian poet Robert Browning sojourned in the area and mentions the countryside of Piano and other localities of the Surrentine peninsula in the poem "The Englishman in Italy".[4]
Economy
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In the 19th century, Piano di Sorrento's economy was based mainly on fishing, agriculture and shipbuilding activities. At the beginning of the 20th century, Piano di Sorrento underwent a socio-economic transformation caused by the gradual decline of agriculture and shipbuilding, and the growing importance of trade and tourism. During the 20th century, Piano di Sorrento developed thanks to improvements in electricity and water supplies thanks to the expansion of electricity and water services to homes and the development of the transport link between Sorrento and Castellammare di Stabia, initially served by a tramway and later by a railway (the Circumvesuviana line).
Twin towns
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See also
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[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: Italian statistical institute Istat.
- ↑ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ↑ Wollaston, George Hyde (1909). The Englishman in Italy, being a collection of verses. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 241.
External links
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- Piano di Sorrento
- Piano di Sorrento Interactive Map Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
- History and tradition at Piano di Sorrento
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