Pagani, Campania

Pagani
Comune
Comune di Pagani
Panoramic view
Pagani
Location of Pagani in Italy
Coordinates: 40°44′N 14°37′E / 40.733°N 14.617°E / 40.733; 14.617Coordinates: 40°44′N 14°37′E / 40.733°N 14.617°E / 40.733; 14.617
Country Italy
Region Campania
Province Salerno (SA)
Government
 • Mayor Salvatore Bottone
Area
 • Total 12 km2 (5 sq mi)
Elevation 35 m (115 ft)
Population (2004)
 • Total 34,775
 • Density 2,900/km2 (7,500/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Paganese (Paganesi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code 84016
Dialing code 081
Patron saint St. Alphonse
Saint day August 1
Website Official website

Pagani (Neapolitan: Pavan) is a town and comune in Campania, Italy, administratively part of the Province of Salerno. It had 35,834 inhabitants, as of 2016.[1][2]

History

In the period before the Roman supremacy in southern Italy, Taurania appears to have been the chief town in the valley of the Sarnus, Herculaneum, Pompeii, Stabiae and Surrentum all being dependent upon it. It maintained its allegiance to Rome till 309 BC when it joined the revolted Samnites. In 308 BC it repulsed a Roman attempt to land at the mouth of the Sarnus, but in 307 BC it was besieged and surrendered. Under Romans it was named Barbatianus. It obtained favourable terms, and remained faithful to Rome even after Cannae.

Hannibal reduced it in 216 BC by starvation, and destroyed the town. The inhabitants returned when peace was restored. Even during the Social War it remained true to Rome. In 73 BC it was plundered by Spartacus.

In the Middle Ages (around the 9th century) a small colony of Saracens was actually introduced in the town by permission of the Dukes of Naples, but it lasted only a few decades.

It was united to Nocera Inferiore, and it took the name of Nuceria Paganorum, by the Pagans, a noble family living in the castle of Curtis in Plano (the family could have taken this surname from the pagans/Saracens who previously inhabited the area), in the nowadays Pagani.

Overview

The town hosts an annual feast, known as "Madonna delle Galline". During this week, people dance in the streets to folk songs called "Tammurriate". The town is home to the football team, S.S. Paganese.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Pagani (Salerno, Campania, Italy) - Population Statistics and Location in Maps and Charts". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
  2. ↑ "Pagani - Italy: Information and Town Profile". Comuni-Italiani.it. Retrieved 2017-06-05.

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