San Gregorio Magno

This article is about the town. For the saint, see Pope Gregory I. For the church in Rome, see San Gregorio Magno al Celio.

San Gregorio Magno
Comune
Comune di San Gregorio Magno
Coat of arms
Location of San Gregorio Magno
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Coordinates: 40°39′N 15°24′E
Country	Italy
Region	Campania
Province	Salerno (SA)
Government
• Mayor	Nicola padula
Area [1]
• Total	49 km^2 (19 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	475 m (1,558 ft)
Population  (31 December 2014)[3]
• Total	4,327
• Density	88/km^2 (230/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Gregoriani, Sangruis (local dialect)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	84020
Dialing code	0828
Patron saint	Pope Gregory I
Saint day	3 September
Website	Official website

San Gregorio Magno (local dialect: San Grgorij) is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of southern Italy.

Overview

San Gregorio Magno is located in an ethnographic region of Southern Italy with a unique form of folk music played on a specialized bagpipe called a Zampogna. The instrument is closely associated with the pastoral culture of the region and is played for secular purposes, such as the tarantella folk dance, as well as for religious devotion. San Gregorio Magno was recently^[when?] featured in an independent documentary about this musical tradition entitled Zampogna: The Soul of Southern Italy.

Twin towns

• Collegno, Italy
• Grugliasco, Italy

Notes and references

1. "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
2. "San Gregorio Magno". Tuttitalia (in Italian).
3. All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.

External links

• Official website (in Italian)