LEVERANO

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| Region: || Apulia
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| Province: || Lecce (LE)
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| Location: || 40° 17' (40.2833) N lat.
18° 5' (18.0833) W long.
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| Area: || 48 km²
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| Population: || 13,981 {2001)
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| Population density: || 286/km²
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| Elevation: || 37 m
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| Postal code: || 73045
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| Area/distance code: || 0832
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| ISTAT code: || 075037
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'Leverano' is a town and comune in the Italian province of Lecce in the southeastern part of the Apulia region of south-east Italy. Its 2001 population was 13,981.

Contents

Bounding communes

Population History

History

Twinning

External link

Bounding communes

★ Arnesano

★ Carmiano

★ Copertino

★ Nardò

★ Veglie

Population History

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! Year !! Population !! Change !! Density
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| 1861 || 2,443 || - || -
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| 1871 || 2,854 || - || -
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| 1881 || 3,311 || - || -
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| 1901 || 4,104 || - || -
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| 1911 || 4,634 || - || -
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| 1921 || 5,257 || - || -
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| 1931 || 6,392 || - || -
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| 1936 || 6,960 || - || -
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| 1951 || 8,944 || - || -
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| 1961 || 10,197 || - || -
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| 1971 || 11,062 || - || -
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| 1981 || 12,612 || - || -
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| 1991 || 13,526 || - || -
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| 2001 || 13,977 || 388 or 2.87 % || 286/km²
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History

Leverano was severely destroyed by the Ostrogoth Totila, it was also destroyed by the Arabs in the 9th century. A tower was later built in 1220 and it protected against pirate raids. The tower is built with Norman architecture.

Twinning

★ Sfakiotes, Greece

External link

★ Official site

★ 'Map and aerial photos'

★
★ Street map from Mapquest. Windows Live Local or Google

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★ Aerial photograph from Microsoft Terraserver or Google

★ Coordinates: