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Lagonegro
Lagonegro
Comune
	Comune di Lagonegro
	View of Lagonegro
	Coat of arms
	Lagonegro within the Province of Potenza
	Location of Lagonegro
	Lagonegro Location of Lagonegro in Italy Lagonegro Lagonegro (Basilicata)
	Coordinates: 40°8′N 15°46′E / 40.133°N 15.767°E
Country	Italy
Region	Basilicata
Province	Potenza (PZ)
Frazioni	Casale Serino, Cervaro, Farno, Fecìla, Fortino, Malpignata, Pennarone, Strette
Government
• Mayor	Maria Rita Cocciufa (commissar§)
Area
• Total	113.07 km2 (43.66 sq mi)
Elevation	666 m (2,185 ft)
Population (31 December 2017)
• Total	5,442
• Density	48/km2 (120/sq mi)
Demonym	Lagonegresi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	85042
Dialing code	0973
Patron saint	St. Nicholas of Bari
Saint day	6 December
Website	Official website

Lagonegro (Lucano: Launìvere) is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italy region of Basilicata. It is part of the Valle del Noce and has (2017) a population of 5,471.^[2]

Geography

The municipality, located southwest of its province, near the borders of Basilicata with Cilento, a subregion of Campania, is bordered by the municipalities of Casalbuono, Casaletto Spartano, Lauria, Moliterno, Montesano sulla Marcellana, Nemoli, Rivello and Tortorella.^[3] It counts the hamlets (frazioni) of Casale Serino, Cervaro, Farno, Fecìla, Fortino, Malpignata, Pennarone and Strette.

The town is served by two exits ("Lagonegro Nord" and "Lagonegro Sud") of the A2 motorway, linking Naples and Salerno to Cosenza, Lamezia and Reggio Calabria. Its railway station is the terminus of 2 abandoned lines using two different gauges: the standard gauge line Sicignano–Lagonegro, and the narrow gauge line Lagonegro–Castrovillari–Spezzano Albanese.^{[citation needed]}

^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ ^a ^b (in Italian) Source: Istat 2017
^ 40289 (x j a h) Lagonegro on OpenStreetMap

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