Celle di Bulgheria

Comune in Campania, Italy

Location of Celle di Bulgheria

40°06′N 15°24′E / 40.100°N 15.400°E / 40.100; 15.400CountryItalyRegionCampaniaProvinceSalerno (SA)FrazioniPoderiaGovernment

• MayorGino MarottaArea

^[1]

• Total31.62 km² (12.21 sq mi)Elevation

234 m (768 ft)Population

(1 January 2018)^[2]

• Total1,861 • Density59/km² (150/sq mi)DemonymCellesiTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

84040

Dialing code0974Patron saintMadonna of the SnowSaint day5 AugustWebsiteOfficial website

Celle di Bulgheria, also shortened as Celle, is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.

History

The town was named after the Bulgars settled here with their leader Altsek (whose father was the second ever leader of Old Great Bulgaria) in the early Middle Ages.^[3]

Celle Bulgheria is located in Southern Cilento, near the mount Bulgheria, and is part of the Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park. It borders with the municipalities of Camerota, Centola, Laurito, Montano Antilia and Roccagloriosa.^[4] Its hamlet (frazione) is the nearby village of Poderia.^[5]

Celle di Bulgheria counts a railway station, Celle Bulgheria-Roccagloriosa, on the Naples-Salerno-Reggio Calabria railway line.

Crossed by the "Cilentana" highway Salerno-Sapri to the south, has the nearest exits at Poderia (west) and Roccagloriosa (east).

^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ (in Italian) Source: Istat 2011
^ [1] MONUMENT OF ANCIENT BULGAR LEADER ALTSEK OPENED IN ITALY’S CELLE DI BULGHERIA TO CELEBRATE ANCIENT BULGAR HERITAGE
^ 40261 (x a j h) Celle di Bulgheria on OpenStreetMap
^ 1253558258 Poderia on OpenStreetMap