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Comune in Apulia, Italy

Faeto

Faeto

Key facts

population616
area26.1km²
instance ofcomune of Italy
countryItaly
capitalFaeto
elevation above sea level820m
All data from the card 16
Country
Italy
Region
Apulia
Province
Foggia (FG)
• Total
26.19 km2 (10.11 sq mi)
Elevation
820 m (2,690 ft)
• Total
719
• Density
27.5/km2 (71.1/sq mi)
Demonym
Faetani (Fadon singular)
Time zone
UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)
UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
71020
Dialing code
0881
ISTAT code
071023
Patron saint
San Prospero
Saint day
Second Sunday in August
Website
Official website

Faeto 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. 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 the Arbëreshë community, which still lives in neighboring Greci.

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

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