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Loconia

Coordinates: 41°09′33.8″N 15°56′19.0″E / 41.159389°N 15.938611°E / 41.159389; 15.938611
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Loconia
Loconia is located in Italy
Loconia
Loconia
Location of Loconia in Italy
Coordinates: 41°09′33.8″N 15°56′19.0″E / 41.159389°N 15.938611°E / 41.159389; 15.938611
CountryItaly
Region Apulia
ProvinceBarletta-Andria-Trani (BT)
ComuneCanosa di Puglia
Elevation
120 m (390 ft)
Population
 (2009)[1]
 • Total82
DemonymLoconiani
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
76012
Dialing code(+39) 0883
Patron saintSt. Anthony of Padua[2]

Loconia is a southern Italian village and the only hamlet (frazione) of Canosa di Puglia, a municipality in the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani, Apulia. As of 2009 its population was of 82.[1]

History

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The village is a rural planned community, realized during Fascism in early 1930s, and named after the river Locone.

Geography

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Loconia lies near the rivers Ofanto and Locone, nearby the borders of Apulia with Basilicata. It is crossed by the national highway SS93 and is 14 km far from Canosa, 17 from Minervino Murge, 18 from Cerignola, and 18 from Lavello. Around the village there are some rural localities (Cefalicchio, Crocifisso, Galere, Posta Piana, Socialisti), named after some ancient farmhouses (masserie).[3]

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