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Torraca

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Country
  
Italy

Province / Metropolitan city
  
Salerno (SA)

Demonym(s)
  
Torrachesi

Area
  
15 km²

Local time
  
Monday 1:33 PM

Region
  
Campania

Elevation
  
452 m (1,483 ft)

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Province
  
Province of Salerno

Postal code
  
84030

Torraca

Weather
  
9°C, Wind N at 16 km/h, 89% Humidity

Torraca is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.

Contents

Map of 84030 Torraca Province of Salerno, Italy

The LED city

In 2007, the town spent 280,000 euro to convert all its 700 street lamps to LED technology - a first in Europe - and thereby reduced its energy and maintenance costs by 70%. Because of this, the town was awarded the Kyoto 2007 prize. Newspapers referred to Torraca as "LED city".

Geography

The town is situated in the south of Cilento, a few kilometers from Sapri and Maratea and close to the borders of Campania with Basilicata. The surrounding municipalities are Casaletto Spartano, Sapri, Tortorella and Vibonati.

References

Torraca Wikipedia