# Accadia > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Accadia > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Accadia.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accadia > Source revision: 1351179185 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Not to be confused with [Acadia](/source/Acadia_(disambiguation)). Comune in Apulia, Italy Accadia Comune Comune di Accadia View of Accadia Accadia Location of Accadia in Italy Show map of Italy Accadia Accadia (Apulia) Show map of Apulia Coordinates: 41°10′N 15°20′E / 41.167°N 15.333°E / 41.167; 15.333 Country Italy Region Apulia Province Foggia (FG) Frazioni Agata delle Noci Government • Mayor Agostino De Paolis Area [1] • Total 30.48 km2 (11.77 sq mi) Elevation 650 m (2,130 ft) Population (28 February 2017)[2] • Total 2,374 • Density 77.89/km2 (201.7/sq mi) Demonym Accadiesi Time zone UTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST) Postal code 71021 Dialing code 0881 Patron saint Saint Sebastian Saint day 20 January Website Official website **Accadia** ([Irpino](/source/Irpino): *Acchedìe*) is a town and *[comune](/source/Comune)* in the [province of Foggia](/source/Province_of_Foggia) in the [Apulia](/source/Apulia) region of southeast Italy. Until the mid-20th century it was just within the eastern frontier of the region of [Campania](/source/Campania) in the [province of Avellino](/source/Province_of_Avellino). The town occupies a hilltop at 650 metres (2,130 ft) of elevation, in the [Daunian Mountains](/source/Daunian_Mountains) along the [Apennines](/source/Apennines). It is not far from [Foggia](/source/Foggia) on the rich agricultural plains of the [Tavoliere delle Puglie](/source/Tavoliere_delle_Puglie) in the east, nor from [Naples](/source/Naples) to the west. Population increases in summer when many of its migrant labour force return home to take up temporary residence and visit family. Accadia borders the municipalities of [Bovino](/source/Bovino), [Deliceto](/source/Deliceto), [Monteleone di Puglia](/source/Monteleone_di_Puglia), [Panni](/source/Panni%2C_Apulia), and [Sant'Agata di Puglia](/source/Sant'Agata_di_Puglia). ## History Church of Madonna del Carmine The town originated as a settlement of [Daunians](/source/Daunians) (or maybe [Hirpini](/source/Hirpini)) during the 1st millennium BC. Later it was part of the [Roman Empire](/source/Roman_Empire). Its name stems from Latin *aqua cadiva* ("falling water"),[3] which contrasts with nearby Acquatorta village ("channeled water"). In the past it had a much larger population. A [Neapolitan](/source/Kingdom_of_Naples) army sacked it during the [Bourbon](/source/Bourbons) period. They took the town gates as booty, and these are still in the civic museum in Naples. These events are recorded on a [frieze](/source/Frieze) on the clock tower on the main square in the centre of the town. There is one remaining [Roman arch](/source/Roman_Architecture) at a former entrance to the town. There has been extensive redevelopment of the former old quarter of town, which was abandoned after an earthquake in the 1930s. At this time a large portion of the population emigrated and established a colony in [Buffalo](/source/Buffalo%2C_New_York), New York, in the United States. ## Twin towns - [San Marco in Lamis](/source/San_Marco_in_Lamis), Italy, since 2008 Accadia has also a friendship agreement with [Spello](/source/Spello), also in Italy. ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-wikidata-16139ca327c50d72c40d8c5fd3abe706b989650e-v20_1-0)** ["Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011"](https://www.istat.it/it/archivio/156224). Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-istat_2-0)** All demographics and other statistics from the Italian statistical institute ([Istat](/source/National_Institute_of_Statistics_(Italy))) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Antonella Lattanzi; Natalino Lattanzi (2015). "Accadia". *Guida insolita ai misteri, ai segreti, alle leggende e alle curiosità della Puglia* (in Italian). Newton Compton Editori. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9788854185012](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9788854185012). ## External links - Media related to [Accadia](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Accadia) at Wikimedia Commons v t e Apulia · Comuni of the Province of Foggia Accadia Alberona Anzano di Puglia Apricena Ascoli Satriano Biccari Bovino Cagnano Varano Candela Carapelle Carlantino Carpino Casalnuovo Monterotaro Casalvecchio di Puglia Castelluccio Valmaggiore Castelluccio dei Sauri Castelnuovo della Daunia Celenza Valfortore Celle di San Vito Cerignola Chieuti Deliceto Faeto Foggia Ischitella Lesina Lucera Manfredonia Mattinata Monte Sant'Angelo Monteleone di Puglia Motta Montecorvino Ordona Orsara di Puglia Orta Nova Panni Peschici Pietramontecorvino Poggio Imperiale Rignano Garganico Rocchetta Sant'Antonio Rodi Garganico Roseto Valfortore San Giovanni Rotondo San Marco in Lamis San Marco la Catola San Nicandro Garganico San Paolo di Civitate San Severo Sant'Agata di Puglia Serracapriola Stornara Stornarella Torremaggiore Tremiti Islands Troia Vico del Gargano Vieste Volturara Appula Volturino Zapponeta Authority control databases International VIAF GND FAST National United States France BnF data Vatican Israel Other IdRef This Apulia location article is a stub. 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