Lancusi

Frazione in Campania, Italy
40°45′43.1″N 14°47′06.4″E / 40.761972°N 14.785111°E / 40.761972; 14.785111CountryItalyRegion CampaniaProvinceSalerno (SA)ComuneFiscianoElevation
232 m (761 ft)Population
 (2011)[1][2][3]
 • Total4,000 (circa)DemonymLancusaniTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code
84084
Dialing code(+39) 089Patron saintSt. John the BaptistSaint dayLast sunday of June

Lancusi is a southern Italian village and hamlet (frazione) of Fisciano, a municipality in the province of Salerno, Campania. With a population of circa 4,000 (2011),[2] it is the most populated settlement of its municipality, including the administrative town.[3]

History

First mentioned in 1309 with the name of Lanciusi, the village was an independent barony of the Principality of Sanseverino.[3]

Geography

Lancusi spans on a plain, named Irno Valley, west of the Picentini mountain range, near the springs of Irno river. The village is urbanistically contiguous, almost fused, with the village of Bolano; and other nearest settlements are Baronissi, Penta, Sava and Orignano. It spans on two parallel main roads: Via Tenente Nastri, representing the old town center, and Via del Centenario, the northern urban expansion. North of it is located the locality of Macchione.[4]

Part of the urban area of Salerno (11 km far), it is 2 km from Corticelle, 4 from Fisciano and the University of Salerno, 4.5 from Mercato San Severino and Gaiano, 6 from Calvanico and 30 from Avellino. The faculty of medicine of the university, located in the suburbs of Sava, lies just outside Bolano.[5]

Transport

The village is crossed by the RA 2 motorway Salerno-Avellino, and is served by the exit "Lancusi-Baronissi Nord". Fisciano railway station, part of Salerno-Mercato San Severino line, is located south of it, at the end of Via Nastri.[6]

  • Fisciano station, located in Lancusi
    Fisciano station, located in Lancusi
  • A road of Lancusi in 1980
    A road of Lancusi in 1980

References

  1. ^ (in Italian) Lancusi at italia.indettaglio.it (see the data of "parrocchia" -parish church-)
  2. ^ a b (in Italian) Lancusi (with data including Penta and Bolano) at italia.indettaglio.it
  3. ^ a b c Info and history of Lancusi on the municipal website
  4. ^ 1586327447 Lancusi on OpenStreetMap
  5. ^ (in Italian) University of Salerno: Faculty of Medicine
  6. ^ 1598002300 Fisciano railway station on OpenStreetMap

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