Gravina in Puglia

Gravina in Puglia
Gravéine (Neapolitan)
Comune di Gravina in Puglia
Panorama of Gravina in Puglia
Panorama of Gravina in Puglia
Coat of arms of Gravina in Puglia
Location of Gravina in Puglia
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Gravina in Puglia is located in Italy
Gravina in Puglia
Gravina in Puglia
Location of Gravina in Puglia in Italy
Gravina in Puglia is located in Apulia
Gravina in Puglia
Gravina in Puglia
Gravina in Puglia (Apulia)
Coordinates: 40°49′N 16°25′E / 40.817°N 16.417°E / 40.817; 16.417
CountryItaly
RegionApulia
Metropolitan cityBari (BA)
FrazioniMurgetta, Dolcecanto, Pantanella
Government
 • MayorFedele Lagreca (PD)
Area
 • Total
384.73 km2 (148.55 sq mi)
Elevation338 m (1,109 ft)
Population
 (31 August 2017[3])[4]
 • Total
43,775
 • Density110/km2 (290/sq mi)
DemonymGravinesi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
70024
Dialing code080
Patron saintMichael the Archangel, St. Philip Neri
Saint daySeptember 29
WebsiteOfficial website

Gravina in Puglia (Italian: [ɡraˈviːna im ˈpuʎʎa]; Barese: Gravéine [ɡraˈviːnə, ɡraˈvejnə]; Latin: Silvium; Ancient Greek: Σιλούϊον, romanizedSiloúïon) is a town and comune of the Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia, southern Italy.

The word gravina comes from the Latin grava or from the messapic graba, with the meaning of rock, shaft and erosion of bank river.[5][6] Other words that share the same root are grava, gravaglione and gravinelle.[7] Alternatively, when the emperor Frederick II went to Gravina, because of the large extension of the lands and for the presence of wheat, he decided to give to it the motto Grana dat et vina., that is to say It offers wheat and wine..[8] Gravina is the home of the Alta Murgia National Park.

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Gravina in Puglia". Tuttitalia (in Italian).
  3. ^ http://demo.istat.it/bilmensgen2013/index.htm[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2013-09-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ Rohlfs, 1976
  7. ^ Parise, 2003
  8. ^ Periodic of cultural information, Gravina's Castle, Cocco Cornacchia, January 1990