Forio

Forio (known also as Forio of Ischia) is a town and comune of c. 17,000 inhabitants in the Metropolitan City of Naples, southern Italy, situated on the island of Ischia.

Forio
Comune
Coat of arms
Location of Forio
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Coordinates: 40°44′15.6″N 13°51′26.9″E
Country	Italy
Region	Campania
Metropolitan city	Naples (NA)
Frazioni	Panza
Government
• Mayor	Francesco Del Deo
Area [1]
• Total	12.85 km2 (4.96 sq mi)
Elevation	16 m (52 ft)
Population  (1 January 2017)[2]
• Total	17,749
• Density	1,400/km2 (3,600/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Foriani, Panzesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	80075
Dialing code	081
Patron saint	Saints Vitus and Leonard
Saint day	June 15, November 6
Website	Official website

Overview

Its territory includes the town of Panza, the only frazione of Forio and of the island of Ischia. Panza has always been an independent village since the 16th century when a first governmental organization was introduced on the island. In the 1975 the inhabitants of Panza tried to become an independent comune but the referendum, claimed by the inhabitants of Forio, was denied by the Campania's Regional Government.

There are numerous coastal watchtowers, built from the Middle Ages against Saracen and African pirates raids.

In the 20th century, Ischia inspired at least two well-known English language poets. Ischia was the site where W.H. Auden composed one of his most famous poems, In Praise of Limestone. And the American Poet, Theodore Roethke, dedicated his poem The Storm, to "Forio d'Ischia" as printed in Selected Poems of Theodore Rothke (Library of America, Edwin Hirsch, Ed., 2005, p.113).

See also

• Ischia

Twin towns

• Brusson, Italy
• Polignano a Mare, Italy