- Andretta
Infobox CityIT
official_name = Comune di Andretta
img_coa = Stemma_andretta.gif
img_coa_small =
image_caption =
region = RegioneIT|sigla=CAM
province = ProvinciaIT (short form)|sigla=AV (AV)
mayor = Giuseppe Guglielmo (from26 May ,2002 )
mayor_party =
elevation_footnotes =
elevation_m = 840
area_footnotes =
area_total_km2 = 43.61
population_footnotes =
population_as_of = 2005
population_total = 2188
pop_density_footnotes =
population_density_km2 = 50,17
coordinates = coord|40|56|18|N|15|19|33|E|region:IT_type:city(2188)
gentilic = Andrettesi
telephone = 0827
postalcode = 83040
frazioni = Mattinella
saint =Saint Anthony of Padua
day =5 September
mapx = #expr:40 + 56 / 60.0
mapy = #expr:15 + 19 / 60.0
locator_position =
native_name = Andretta
name = Andretta
website = http://www.comune.andretta.av.itAndretta is a town (commune) in the
province of Avellino ,Campania ,Italy . Andretta is twinned with the Town ofRamapo, New York .Geography
The little town, whose population was greatly reduced by emigration, rises on a high hill in the Apennines dominating the valley of the Ofanto river.
History
The area has traces of settlement from the Bronze Age (1000 BC), as well as Samnite and Roman remains. The earliest historical mention however is in 1124, when it was ruled by the Norman Folleville; other lords were the Zurlo and Caracciolo families
External links
[http://www.andrettafoto.com Photo Album of Andretta]
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