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{{Expand Italian|date=January 2022|topic=geo}}
{{Infobox Italian comune
| name                = Tolve
| official_name       = Comune di Tolve
| native_name         =
| image_skyline       = Arco del Castello.jpg
| imagesize           =
| image_alt           =
| image_caption       =View of Tolve
| image_shield        = Tolve-Stemma.png
| shield_alt          =
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| map_caption         =
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| coordinates         = {{coord|40|42|N|16|01|E|display=inline}}
| coordinates_footnotes =
| region              = [[Basilicata]]
| province            = [[Province of Potenza|Potenza]] (PZ)
| frazioni            =
| mayor_party         =
| mayor               = Pasquale Pepe (since 2020)<ref>{{cite web |title=Anagrafe degli Amministratori Locali e Regionali |url=https://amministratori.interno.gov.it/index.php?page=InfoCarica&ente=Comune&IdCarica=2277517&IdAnagrafica=566713&DataRicerca=27%2F04%2F2024&ProvinciaDesc=POTENZA&ComuneDesc=TOLVE |website=amministratori.interno.gov.it |access-date=27 April 2024}}</ref>
| area_footnotes      =
| area_total_km2      = 127
| population_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web |title=Bilancio demografico mensile |url=https://demo.istat.it/app/?i=D7B |website=demo.istat.it |access-date=27 April 2024}}</ref>
| population_total    = 2926
| population_as_of    = April 2024
| pop_density_footnotes =
| population_demonym  = Tolvesi
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m         = 568
| twin1               =
| twin1_country       =
| saint               = [[St. Roch]]
| day                 = August 16 - September 16
| postal_code         = 85017
| area_code           = 0971
| website             = {{url|https://www.comune.tolve.pz.it}}
| footnotes           =
}}

'''Tolve''' is a town and ''[[comune]]'' in the [[province of Potenza]], in the Southern Italian region of [[Basilicata]].

==History==
Remains of pre-historic ([[Neolithic]]) settlements have been found in the nearby. In early historic times, the area was inhabited town of the [[Lucanians|Lucani]], as testified by a tomb of a rich warrior from the 7th or 6th century BC, a temple of [[Cybele]] and countryside villas. It is also likely that the Tolve area was abandoned after [[Hannibal]]'s arrival in southern Italy, as the first following traces of human presence date to the 1st century BC. Tolve is mentioned for the first time in the [[Lombards|Lombard]] [[Edictum Rothari]].

In the Middle Ages Tolve grew around a castle with three towers, first under the Byzantines and then under the [[Italo-Normans|Normans]], as part of the county of [[Tricarico]]. In 1250 it was held by Galvano, an uncle of King [[Manfred of Sicily]]. After the [[Capetian House of Anjou|Angevine]] conquest of the [[Kingdom of Sicily]], it was a center for production of fire weapons starting from the 16th century.

==International relations==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Italy}}

===Twin towns — Sister cities===
Tolve is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Chieri]], Italy<ref>{{cite web |title=Chieri Aperta - Partecipazione - Gemellaggi |url=https://www.comune.chieri.to.it/chieri-aperta/gemellaggi |website=www.comune.chieri.to.it |access-date=27 April 2024 |language=it}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Viggiano]], Italy<ref>{{cite web |title=Visite e gemellaggi |url=https://www.comune.viggiano.pz.it/page/82e0d50e-1b1d-4fb7-b084-e1eb701d4de6visite-e-gemel |website=Comune di Viggiano |access-date=27 April 2024 |language=it}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Province of Potenza}}

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[[Category:Cities and towns in Basilicata]]


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