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The Agro Nocerino Sarnese is a geographical region of the Province of Salerno, in
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in southern Italy; the river
Sarno Sarno is a town and '' comune'' and former Latin Catholic bishopric of Campania, Italy, in the province of Salerno, 20 km northeast from the city of Salerno and 60 km east of Naples by the main railway. Overview It lies at the f ...
flows through it. It is a low-lying area bounded to the south by the Monti Lattari, to the east and north-east by the Monti Picentini and to the west by the plain of
Vesuvius Mount Vesuvius ( ; it, Vesuvio ; nap, 'O Vesuvio , also or ; la, Vesuvius , also , or ) is a somma-stratovolcano located on the Gulf of Naples in Campania, Italy, about east of Naples and a short distance from the shore. It is one of ...
. It consists of sixteen comuni: Angri, Bracigliano, Castel San Giorgio, Corbara, Nocera Inferiore, Nocera Superiore, Pagani, Roccapiemonte, San Marzano sul Sarno, San Valentino Torio,
Santa Maria la Carità Santa Maria la Carità ( nap, Santa Maria 'a Carità) is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about southeast of Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Ν ...
, Sant'Antonio Abate, Sant'Egidio del Monte Albino,
Sarno Sarno is a town and '' comune'' and former Latin Catholic bishopric of Campania, Italy, in the province of Salerno, 20 km northeast from the city of Salerno and 60 km east of Naples by the main railway. Overview It lies at the f ...
, Scafati and Siano. All are in the province of Salerno except Santa Maria la Carità and Sant'Antonio Abate, which are in the province of Naples.


Agriculture

The Agro Nocerino Sarnese is the core area of production of the San Marzano tomato, which, as the Pomodoro San Marzano dell’Agro Sarnese-Nocerino, has DOP status. The Napoletana breed of domestic goat is distributed in the area.


Province proposal

On 17 November 1999, a law was proposed to the XIII Legislature of the Republic which would have made the Agro Nocerino Sarnese an Italian province; the law was not passed. The proposed province would have had an area of and a population of 271,017.


References

Landforms of Campania Plains of Italy {{Italy-geo-stub