Balvano

Balvano is a southern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 1856 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) in the province of Potenza, in the Basilicata. The community is located about 23.5 kilometers west of Potenza, belongs to the Comunità Montana Marmo Platano and borders the province of Salerno (Campania ).

History

1944, here just before the station of the railway from Battipaglia to Metaponto to a serious railway accident that claimed more than 500 lives. The earthquake in Irpinia in 1980 also claimed many lives in the community.

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