Camerota

Coordinates: 40°02′N 15°22′E / 40.033°N 15.367°E / 40.033; 15.367
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Camerota
Comune di Camerota
Panoramic view of Camerota
Panoramic view of Camerota
Camerota within the Province of Salerno
Camerota within the Province of Salerno
Location of Camerota
Map
UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
84040 (Camerota)
84050 (Lentiscosa, Licusati)
84059 (Marina di Camerota)
Dialing code0974
Patron saintSt. Vincent
Saint dayApril 5
WebsiteOfficial website
OSM map of Camerota municipality showing the chief town and the three hamlets.

Camerota is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.

History

Its toponym could come from the

Latin word "camurus", with the same meaning.[3]

Geography

Camerota is a hill town situated in the southern area of Cilento, 6 km north of the Cilentan Coast. The municipality borders with Celle di Bulgheria, Centola, Roccagloriosa and San Giovanni a Piro.[4]

Frazioni

The municipality of Camerota (1,585 inh. in the chief town) has 3 hamlets ("

Licusati and Marina di Camerota
.

The municipality includes also several inhabited localities, mainly composed by few scattered houses. The localities are: Cala d'Arconte, Isca della Contessa, L'Assunta, Lido Mingardo (or Spiaggia Mingardo), Monte di Luna and

Porto Infreschi
.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. Istat
    2011
  3. ^ (in Italian) Info about the town of Camerota Archived 2017-02-05 at the Wayback Machine (municipal website)
  4. ^ 40223 (x a j h) Camerota on OpenStreetMap
  5. ^ (in Italian) Camerota municipal website: Licusati Archived 2017-02-05 at the Wayback Machine, Lentiscosa Archived 2017-02-06 at the Wayback Machine, Marina di Camerota Archived 2017-02-05 at the Wayback Machine

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