Grecia Salentina (Salentinian Greece) is a Griko-speaking area in the peninsula of Salento in southern Italy, near the town of Lecce. It consists of nine towns and belongs to province of Lecce and the administrative area of Apulia (Puglia).
Nine towns make part of it: Calimera, Martano, Castrignano dei Greci, Corigliano d'Otranto, Melpignano, Soleto, Sternatia, Zollino and Martignano.
In addition to these, there are two more towns represented in the Union of the Towns of Grecìa Salentina (Unione dei Comuni della Grecìa Salentina), Carpignano Salentino and Cutrofiano, though the inhabitants of these two towns have not spoken the Greek dialect called griko in two centuries.
Demographics
- Calimera 7,296 inhabitants
- Castrignano de' Greci 4,107 inhabitants
- Corigliano d'Otranto 5,632 inhabitants
- Martano 9,573 inhabitants
- Martignano 1,770 inhabitants
- Melpignano 2,209 inhabitants
- Soleto 5,537 inhabitants
- Sternatia 2,698 inhabitants
- Zollino 2,194 inhabitants
Total: 41,016 inhabitants
See also
External links
- Grecia Salentina official site (in Italian)
- Salento Griko (in Italian)
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| Grecìa Salentina (Salentinian Greece) |  |
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| Calimera | Castrignano de' Greci | Corigliano d'Otranto | Martano | Martignano | Melpignano | Soleto | Sternatia | Zollino | |
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