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Casamicciola Terme
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Casamicciola Terme is located in Italy
Casamicciola Terme
Casamicciola Terme
Location of Casamicciola Terme in Italy
Casamicciola Terme is located in Campania
Casamicciola Terme
Casamicciola Terme
Casamicciola Terme (Campania)
Coordinates: 40°45′N 13°55′E / 40.750°N 13.917°E / 40.750; 13.917
CountryItaly
RegionCampania
Metropolitan cityNaples (NA)
Government
 • MayorGiovan Battista Castagna
Area
 • Total5.6 km2 (2.2 sq mi)
Population
 (1 January 2015)[2]
 • Total8,363
 • Density1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi)
DemonymCasamicciolesi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
80074
Dialing code081
Patron saintSt. Mary Magdalene
Saint dayJuly 22
WebsiteOfficial website

Casamicciola Terme is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located in the northern part of the Ischia Island. On August 21, 2017 was hit by a 4.3 magnitude earthquake, causing damage to some houses and 2 fatalities.[3]

Geography

Casamicciola Terme borders the following municipalities: Barano d'Ischia, Forio, Ischia, Lacco Ameno, Serrara Fontana.

Main sights

Notable people

  • The Swiss-born physician Jacques Etienne Chevalley de Rivaz who had a famous sanatorium in Casamicciola and lived there from 1830 until his death in 1863. He was made an honorary citizen of Casamicciola in 1837 for his work in halting a cholera outbreak in nearby Forio.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
  3. ^ http://napoli.repubblica.it/cronaca/2017/08/21/news/scossa_di_terremoto_panico_a_ischia-173550278/
  4. ^ De Renzi, Salvatore (May 2013). "Ricorre il 1° dicembre 2013 il 150° anniversario della morte del dottor Jacques Etienne Chevalley de Rivaz". La Rassegna d'Ischia, pp. 50–53 (in Italian)

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