Gravina in Puglia
Gravéine (Neapolitan) | |
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| Comune di Gravina in Puglia | |
 Panorama of Gravina in Puglia | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Gravina in Puglia  | |
  Gravina in Puglia Location of Gravina in Puglia in Italy  Gravina in Puglia Gravina in Puglia (Apulia) | |
| Coordinates: 40°49′N 16°25′E / 40.817°N 16.417°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Apulia |
| Metropolitan city | Bari (BA) |
| Frazioni | Murgetta, Dolcecanto, Pantanella |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Fedele Lagreca (PD) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 384.73 km2 (148.55 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 338 m (1,109 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 43,775 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (290/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Gravinesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 70024 |
| Dialing code | 080 |
| Patron saint | Michael the Archangel, St. Philip Neri |
| Saint day | September 29 |
| Website | Official website |
Gravina in Puglia (Italian: [ɡraˈviːna im ˈpuʎʎa]; Barese: Gravéine [ɡraˈviːnə, ɡraˈvejnə]; Latin: Silvium; Ancient Greek: Σιλούϊον, romanized: Siloúïon) 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.
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Gravina in Puglia". Tuttitalia (in Italian).
- ^ http://demo.istat.it/bilmensgen2013/index.htm[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "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) - ^ Rohlfs, 1976
- ^ Parise, 2003
- ^ Periodic of cultural information, Gravina's Castle, Cocco Cornacchia, January 1990