Capaccio Paestum#Geography

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{{Infobox Italian comune

| name = Capaccio Paestum

| official_name = Comune di Capaccio Paestum

| image_skyline = Santuario della Madonna del Granato.jpg

| imagesize =

| image_alt =

| image_caption = The Sanctuary of St. Mary of Granato

| image_shield = Capaccio.gif

| shield_alt =

| image_map = Capaccio pos SA.gif

| map_alt =

| map_caption = Capaccio Paestum within the Province of Salerno

| pushpin_label_position =

| pushpin_map_alt =

| coordinates = {{coord|40|25|N|15|5|E|region:IT_type:city(20934)|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_footnotes =

| region = {{RegioneIT|sigla=CAM}}

| province = {{ProvinciaIT (short form)|sigla=SA}} (SA)

| frazioni = Borgo Nuovo, Cafasso, Capaccio Scalo, Chiorbo, Foce Sele, Gaiarda, Gromola, Laura, Licinella, Linora, Paestum, Ponte Barizzo, Rettifilo-Vannulo, Spinazzo, Santa Venere, Tempa di Lepre, Torre di Mare, Tempa San Paolo, Vuccolo Maiorano

| mayor_party =

| mayor = Franco Palumbo 

| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = 113.03

| population_footnotes ={{in lang|it}} [http://demo.istat.it/bil20111009/index.html Source]: Istat 2011

| population_total = 22802

| population_as_of = 31 December 2017

| pop_density_footnotes =

| population_demonym = Capaccesi

| elevation_footnotes =

| elevation_m =441

| twin1 =

| twin1_country =

| saint = St. Vitus

| day = 15 June

| postal_code = 84047 (Capoluogo), 84040 (Capaccio Scalo), 84050 (Laura-Gromola), 84063 ( Paestum), 84060 (Ponte Barizzo)

| area_code = 0828

| website = {{Official website|http://www.comune.capaccio.sa.it}}

| footnotes =

}}

Capaccio Paestum (formerly only Capaccio, from Latin Caput Aquae) is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. The ruins of the ancient Greek city of Paestum lie within borders of the comune.

History

{{See also|Paestum}}

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Geography

Located in northern Cilento, near the mouth of Sele, Capaccio is a hill town surrounded by a plain in which resides almost all of the hamlets (frazioni) and the majority of the population, mostly concentrated at Capaccio Scalo, seat of the train station.

The municipality borders with Agropoli, Albanella, Cicerale, Eboli, Giungano, Roccadaspide and Trentinara. The hamlets are Borgo Nuovo, Capaccio Scalo, Cafasso, Chiorbo, Foce Sele, Gaiarda, Gromola, Laura, Licinella, Linora, Paestum, Ponte Barizzo, Rettifilo-Vannulo, Spinazzo, Santa Venere, Tempa di Lepre, Torre di Mare, Tempa San Paolo, and Vuccolo Maiorano.{{OSM|r|40478|Capaccio}}

Transport

The nearest airport is Salerno-Pontecagnano (QSR), 35 km from Capaccio.

Notable people

See also

Notes and references

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