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Potenza

Basilicate · Italy
City population
56,433
#108
in Italy
#2
in Basilicate
#10,200
worldwide
RomePotenza
40.642, 15.808 · 309 km from Rome
City population
56,433
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Italy
#108
of 596 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#10,200
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Italy
0.1%
of the national population

About Potenza

Potenza is a city in Basilicate, Italy with a population of 56,433. It is the 108th largest of the 596 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Italy, and the 10,200th largest worldwide. It lies 309 km from Rome.

Position in Italy
#108of 596
LargestSmallest
Position in Basilicate
#2of 2
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Italy
Region
Basilicate
Rank in region
#2of 2
Distance to capital
309 km
to Rome
Elevation
819 m
Time zone
Europe/Rome
Coordinates
40.642, 15.808
Record updated
2014-04-13
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured.

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