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Location
State Italia Italy
Region Campania
Province Avellino
Administration
Mayor Angelo Antonio Lanza (Flumeri Project) from 7-5-2012
Territory
Coordinate 41°04′44″N 15 ° 08′55 ″ and / 41.078889 ° n 15.148611 ° e 41.078889; 15.148611( Flumeri)
Altitude 638 m s.l.m.
Surface 34,55 km²
Inhabitants 2 586 [first] (31-3-2022)
Density 74,85 ab./km2
Fractions Arculent, Candelaro, Corridor, Corvarana, Defense, Laghi-Valle, Lagni, Murge, Pastinelli, Pilone, San Pietro, San Vito, escaped, Tierzi, Tre Torri
Neighboring municipalities Ariano Irpino, Castel Baronia, Frigento, Grottaminarda, San Nicola Baronia, San Sossio Baronia, Sturno, Villanova del Battista, Zungoli
More information
Code. mail 83040
Prefix 0825
Jet lag UTC+1
Istat code 064032
Cadastral code D638
Targa OF
Cl. seismic zone 1 (high seismicity) [2]
Cl. climatic area e, 2 154 gg [3]
Inhabitants name Flumerei
Patron San Nicola
Holiday December 6th
Mapping
Mappa di localizzazione: Italia

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Flumeri

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Position of the municipality of Flumeri in the province of Avellino

Institutional site

Flumeri ( Flùmmm In Irpinian dialect [4] ) is an Italian town of 2 586 inhabitants of the province of Avellino in Campania.

The municipal area is located in Irpinia, between the heights of Baronia, the Ufita valley and the Fiumarella underbacino. The inhabited center is located on a hill covered with olive groves at 638 m a.s.l., while the land at agricultural and industrial intended occupy the areas of the valley floor.

In the late Middle Ages the center was known how Formari [5] O Flow [6] , from whose corruption derives the current name Flow . The etymology of the original toponyms Fóraries / flow However, it is very controversial, although the tradition reflects them to the surname Form of a Norman family; According to another hypothesis, also very doubtful [5] , on the other hand, could be of pseudo-dotte derivations of Latin ful (plural flust ), with reference to the rivers that delimit the territory in the north and south.

The Municipality was heavily damaged by the Irpinia earthquake of 1732, whose epicenter was located in the Ufita Valley [7] .

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At the time of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies it was the capital of the district (with jurisdiction on two other municipalities) as part of the Ariano district.

Symbols [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

Gonfalone is a drape party of yellow and greenery.

In the Ufita plain, downstream of the inhabited center at the Strada Statale 90 Dir, there are the remains of a Roman settlement located at the intersection of the Via Appia and the Via Aemilia , the latter directed towards the street Of Fair tutico .

The Aragonese customs

In the same area, a short distance away, the Aragonese customs also stands.

Demographic evolution [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

Inhabitants surveyed [9]

Languages ​​and dialects [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

Next to the Italian language, a variety of the Irpinian dialect is in use in Flumeri.

Religion [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

The Municipality belongs to the diocese of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia.

Statue of San Rocco, protector of Flumeri

Traditions and folklore [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

The party in honor in San Rocco is famous, celebrated on August 16th.

Wheat lily in honor of San Rocco, protector of Flumeri

The day before the party is translated the “Giglio di Flumeri”, an obelisk about 30 meters high made in wheat by the fluters in honor of San Rocco, a protector of the town.
It is built in wheat and straw and sees the entire flopping population engaged: come on tanks who define the structure, to the ladies, which collect the ears to form the mattle Then wet to intertwine them better and form the chain, up to the young people who commit themselves to the processing of the panels that vary from year to year. Here the Palio is inserted, which has been taking place since 1991, which sees all 5 floors compete, until it decides the best. Among the most renowned teams, the braid, the cart, the wheel, the Curo Doro, the ear and others. Being made of wheat, the lily panels cannot be preserved and therefore every year is a new one. The field of lily between the end of July and the first half of August comes alive, becomes a meeting place for everyone, becomes the supplementary nucleus of Flumeri. One of the peculiarities of this chariot is that it is built first horizontally, and then be lifted up On a day between 8 and 10 August. The rising takes place with stairs and then pitchfork and is guided by tanks that constantly keep the situation under control to avoid risks. On August 15, as mentioned, there is the pit . The lily is pulled to the country with the help of the tractor and ropes generally straight from the participants in the construction of the chariot. At the end of the ceremony, the name of the winning team is declared.

In the industrial area of ​​the hamlet of Three towers There is the pasta production plant Barony , and there are many small and medium -sized companies from various important sectors also at national level. In the same area there is also a production plant in the Italian bus industry.

However, the agricultural crops of cereals, tobacco and fruit and vegetables are very practiced, while considerable development take on the olive groves of the Ravece cultivar.

Other administrative information [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

The Municipality is part of the Mountain Community of the Ufita and the Union of the Municipalities of the Ufita [ten] .

  1. ^ Monthly demographic budget year 2022 (temporary data) . are demo.istat.it , State.
  2. ^ Seismic classification ( XLS ), are rischi.protezionecivile.gov.it .
  3. ^ Table of the degrees/day of the Italian municipalities grouped by region and province ( PDF ), in Law August 26, 1993, n. 412 , attached a , National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, 1 March 2011, p. 151. URL consulted on April 25, 2012 (archived by URL Original 1 January 2017) .
  4. ^ Aa. Etc.,, Dictionary of toponymy. History and meaning of Italian geographical names. , Milan, Garzanti, 1996, p. 276, ISBN 88-11-30500-4.
  5. ^ a b Egidio Finamore, Medieval Italy in toponymy: etymological dictionary of local names , 2ª ed., 1992, p. 95.
  6. ^ Tommaso Vitale, History of the direct city of Ariano and its diocese , Rome, Solomon, 1794, p. 380.
  7. ^ Earthquake of 1732: Irpinia . are Extreme and disasters . URL consulted on November 4, 2017 (archived by URL Original September 21, 2017) .
  8. ^ Municipality of Flumeri, Statute ( PDF ), Art. 5 Coat of arms and Gonfalone .
  9. ^ Statistics I.Stat – state; URL consulted on 28-12-2012 .
  10. ^ The unions of Municipalities in the Campania Region ( PDF ), are Campania region . URL consulted on December 4, 2017 .

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