Celle di San Vito

Celle di San Vito (Arpitan: Cèles de Sant Vuite, IPA: [ˈsɛləs də ˈsɑ̃t ˈvɥit]) is a town and comune in the province of Foggia of the Apulia region in southern Italy.

Celle di San Vito
Comune
Comune di Celle di San Vito
The parish church
Location of Celle di San Vito
Celle di San Vito
Location of Celle di San Vito in Italy
Celle di San Vito
Celle di San Vito (Apulia)
Coordinates: 41°19′32″N 15°10′51″E
CountryItaly
Region Apulia
ProvinceFoggia (FG)
Area
 • Total18.21 km2 (7.03 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2006)[2]
 • Total200
 • Density11/km2 (28/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Cellesi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
71020
Dialing code0881
ISTAT code071019
Patron saintSan Vincenzo Ferreri
Saint day13 August
WebsiteOfficial website

Located upon the Daunian Mountains, Celle di San Vito is by far the smallest municipality in Apulia.[3] Unlike the residents of many bordering towns (Biccari, Castelluccio Valmaggiore, Orsara di Puglia and Troia), people of Celle di San Vito and the neighboring village of Faeto speak Faetar, a rare dialect of the Arpitan language which has fewer than 1,400 known speakers. The town's dialect is also represented in Brantford, Ontario, Canada, which received many immigrants from Celle di San Vito beginning in the early 1950s. At its peak several hundred daily speakers used the language in Brantford. As of 2012, the daily speakers have dwindled to fewer than 50 spread over three generations.

References
  1. "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Istat. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. All demographics and other statistics from the Italian statistical institute (Istat)
  3. "Comuni pugliesi per popolazione" [Apulian communes by population]. Tuttitalia (in Italian). Retrieved 27 January 2019.



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