Pietrelcina

{{Infobox Italian comune | name = Pietrelcina | official_name = Comune di Pietrelcina | native_name = {{native name|nap|Pretapucìna}} | image_skyline = Pietrelcina.jpg | image_caption = A street in Pietrelcina | image_size = 180 | image_alt = | image_flag = | flag_size = | flag_alt = | image_shield = Pietrelcina_Stemma.png | shield_size = | shield_alt = | nickname = | motto = | map = | map_caption = | mapsize = | map_alt = | pushpin_map = | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | coordinates = {{coord|41|12|N|14|51|E|region:IT_type:city(3056)|display=it}} | coordinates_footnotes = | region = Campania | metropolitan_city = | province = Benevento (BN) | established_title = | established_date = | frazioni = Piana Romana, Stazione | mayor = Domenico Masone | mayor_party = | area_total_km2 = 28.77 | area_footnotes = | elevation_m = 345 | elevation_max_m = | elevation_min_m = | elevation_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tuttitalia.it/campania/78-pietrelcina/|title=Pietrelcina|website=Tuttitalia|language=Italian}}</ref> | population_total = 2996 | population_as_of = 1 January 2020 | population_footnotes =<ref>{{cite web |url=http://demo.istat.it/pop2020/index3_e.html |title=Resident population |publisher=Istat |date=1 January 2020 |accessdate=28 July 2021 |archive-date=31 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831200256/http://demo.istat.it/pop2020/index3_e.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> | population_demonym = Pietrelcinesi | postal_code = 82020 | area_code = 0824 | istat = 062052 | saint = Madonna della Libera<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.comuni-italiani.it/062/052/index.html |title=Comune di Pietrelcina |publisher=Comuni di Italia |accessdate=28 July 2021}}</ref> | day = 3 December | website = {{official website|http://www.comune.pietrelcina.bn.it/}} | footnotes = }} '''Pietrelcina''' ({{langx|nap|Pretapucìna}}) is a town and {{lang|it|comune}} (municipality) in the province of Benevento in the Campania region of southern Italy. It is the birthplace of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, better known as Padre Pio.

==Geography== Benevento, Paduli, Pago Veiano and Pesco Sannita are neighbouring towns.

==International relations== {{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Italy}}

Pietrelcina is twinned with: *{{flagicon|ITA}} San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy *{{flagicon|PLE}} Bethlehem, Palestine *{{flagicon|POL}} Wadowice, Poland, since 2006

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== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120909195953/http://www.paesaggioitaliano.eu/gallery/pietrelcina/index.php Photo Gallery] {{in lang|it}} {{commons category}}

Category:Cities and towns in Campania