Faeto
Comune di Faeto
Location of Faeto
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Faeto is located in Italy
Faeto
Faeto
Location of Faeto in Italy
Faeto is located in Apulia
Faeto
Faeto
Faeto (Apulia)
Coordinates: 41°19′30″N 15°9′39″E / 41.32500°N 15.16083°E / 41.32500; 15.16083
CountryItaly
Region Apulia
ProvinceFoggia (FG)
Area
 • Total26.19 km2 (10.11 sq mi)
Elevation
820 m (2,690 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2003)[2]
 • Total719
 • Density27/km2 (71/sq mi)
DemonymFaetani[citation needed]
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
71020
Dialing code0881
ISTAT code071023
Patron saintSan Prospero
Saint daySecond Sunday in August
WebsiteOfficial website

Faeto (Arpitan: Fayéte, IPA: [faˈjet]) is a town and comune in the province of Foggia in the Apulia region of southeast Italy.

It is a mountain village lying astride the Apennines and renowned for its prosciutto, an Italian dry-cured ham known as prosciutto di Faeto [it]. Residents of Faeto and neighbouring Celle di San Vito are speakers of Faetar, a daughter language of the Franco-Provençal language, which is found in an Alpine region spanning northwestern Italy, southeastern France and southwestern Switzerland. Faeto was also historically inhabited by Arbëreshë community, but these have since assimilated.[3]

Faeto borders the following municipalities: Biccari, Castelfranco in Miscano, Celle di San Vito, Greci, Orsara di Puglia, Roseto Valfortore.

References

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  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 from the Italian statistical institute (Istat)
  3. ^ Gjovalin Shkurtaj, Shpirti i arbrit rron