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Nocera Inferiore

Coordinates: 40°45′N 14°38′E / 40.750°N 14.633°E / 40.750; 14.633
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Nocera Inferiore
Comune di Nocera Inferiore
Coat of arms of Nocera Inferiore
Location of Nocera Inferiore
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Nocera Inferiore is located in Italy
Nocera Inferiore
Nocera Inferiore
Location of Nocera Inferiore in Italy
Nocera Inferiore is located in Campania
Nocera Inferiore
Nocera Inferiore
Nocera Inferiore (Campania)
Coordinates: 40°45′N 14°38′E / 40.750°N 14.633°E / 40.750; 14.633
CountryItaly
RegionCampania
ProvinceSalerno (SA)
Government
 • MayorManlio Torquato (since May 2012)
Area
 • Total20 km2 (8 sq mi)
Elevation
43 m (141 ft)
Population
 (December 31, 2007)[2]
 • Total46,095
 • Density2,300/km2 (6,000/sq mi)
DemonymNocerini
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
84014
Dialing code081
Patron saintSan Prisco
Saint dayMay 9
Website[1]

Nocera Inferiore, is a town and comune in Campania, Italy, in the province of Salerno, at the foot of Monte Albino, 20 km east-south-east of Naples by rail, 135 ft (41 m). above sea-level.

Nuceria Alfaterna appears to have been the chief town in the valley of the Sarnus, Herculaneum, Pompeii, Stabiae and Surrentum all being dependent upon it.

Hannibal destroyed the town in 216.

In 1385 Pope Urban VI was besieged in the castle of Charles of Durazzo.

At Nocera had sped a big part of they life the painter Francesco Solimena, and the writers Jacopo Sannazzaro and Domenico Rea.

Is the birthplace of the footballers Simone Barone and Raffaele De Martino. Originally from Nocera are the parents of Italian American Warren Cuccurullo and Mario Cuomo.

References

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  1. "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.