Arpaise is a ''
comune
A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...
'' (municipality) in the
Province of Benevento
The province of Benevento () is a Provinces of Italy, province in the Campania region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Benevento.
Geography
The province has an area of 2,071 km2, and, as of 2017, a population of 279,127. There are 78 '' ...
in the
Italian
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* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance languag ...
region
Campania
Campania is an administrative Regions of Italy, region of Italy located in Southern Italy; most of it is in the south-western portion of the Italian Peninsula (with the Tyrrhenian Sea to its west), but it also includes the small Phlegraean Islan ...
, located about 50 km northeast of
Naples
Naples ( ; ; ) is the Regions of Italy, regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its Metropolitan City of N ...
and about 11 km south of
Benevento
Benevento ( ; , ; ) is a city and (municipality) of Campania, Italy, capital of the province of Benevento, northeast of Naples. It is situated on a hill above sea level at the confluence of the Calore Irpino (or Beneventano) and the Sabato (r ...
.
Arpaise borders the following municipalities:
Altavilla Irpina
Altavilla Irpina is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Avellino, Campania, southern Italy.
History
According to some scholars, it would coincide with the ''Poetilia'' mentioned by Vergil in his ''Aeneid''. The town had subsequently the nam ...
,
Ceppaloni,
Pietrastornina,
Roccabascerana.
References
Cities and towns in Campania
Articles which contain graphical timelines
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