Ischia, Campania
Ischia | |
|---|---|
| Comune di Ischia | |
| View of Aragonese Castle from Spiaggia dei Pescatori View of Aragonese Castle from Spiaggia dei Pescatori | |
|
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Coat of arms | |
| Lua error in Module:Location_map at line 411: Malformed coordinates value. | |
| Coordinates: Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Campania |
| Metropolitan city | Naples (NA) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Vincenzo Ferrandino |
| Area | |
• Total | 8 km2 (3.1 sq mi) |
| Population (1 April 2009) | |
• Total | 18,606 |
| • Density | 2,300/km2 (6,000/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Ischitani |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 80077 |
| Dialing code | 081 |
| Patron saint | St. Giovan Giuseppe della Croce |
| Saint day | March 5 |
| Website | Official website |
Ischia is a town and one of the six comuni on Ischia island, in the Tyrrhenian Sea. With a population of about 18,000, it is the largest settlement on the island.
Administratively, it is part of the Metropolitan city of Naples, in the Campania region of Southern Italy.
It is famed for its thermal baths due to the volcanic nature of the island.
Overview
[edit | edit source]The town is formed by two distinct boroughs, called "Ischia Porto" and "Ischia Ponte". The latter was named after an ancient wooden bridge (in Italian language, ponte) which, until the 18th century, connected it to the Aragonese Castle.
Twin towns
[edit | edit source]- Italy Marino, Italy
- United States San Pedro, California, United States
- Argentina Mar del Plata, Argentina
References
[edit | edit source]External links
[edit | edit source]Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
- Official Comune Ischia website—(in Italian)
Lua error in Module:Authority_control at line 153: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
