Pratola Peligna

Pratola Peligna
Pratola Peligna
	Comune
	Comune di Pratola Peligna
	Location of Pratola Peligna
	Pratola Peligna Location of Pratola Peligna in Italy Pratola Peligna Pratola Peligna (Abruzzo)
	Coordinates: 42°5′57″N 13°52′29″E
Country	Italy
Region	Abruzzo
Province	L'Aquila (AQ)
Frazioni	Bagnaturo, Ponte la Torre
Government
• Mayor	Antonella Di Nino
Area [1]
• Total	28.67 km2 (11.07 sq mi)
Elevation	342 m (1,122 ft)
Population (31-3-2017)[2]
• Total	7,519
• Density	260/km2 (680/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Pratolani
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	67035
Dialing code	0864
ISTAT code	066075
Patron saint	Madonna della Libera
Saint day	First Sunday in May
Website	http://www.comune.pratolapeligna.aq.it/

Pratola Peligna (Abruzzese: Pratëlë) is a comune and town in the Province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy. As of 2015, it has a population of 7,652 inhabitants.

Geography

Pratola Peligna is bordered by Popoli, Corfinio, Prezza, Raiano, Roccacasale and Sulmona.

The town did not officially take the name of Pratola Peligna until after the unification of Italy in 1863.[3]

Following World War II, the Italian Republic awarded Pratola Peligna with the Bronze Medal of Civil Merit.

Pratola Peligna is served by two train stations. The first one is Pratola Peligna main railway that connects Pratola to Est side of Italy, from Sulmona till Pescara and Pratola Peligna Superiore railway station, a railway stop on the Terni–Sulmona railway, with trains to L'Aquila and Sulmona till Rome.

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