Flumeri (
Irpino: ) is a town and ''
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 ...
'' in the
province of Avellino
The province of Avellino () is a province in the 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 ...
,
Campania
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, southern
Italy
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.
Located in the
Apennines
The Apennines or Apennine Mountains ( ; or Ἀπέννινον ὄρος; or – a singular with plural meaning; )Latin ''Apenninus'' (Greek or ) has the form of an adjective, which would be segmented ''Apenn-inus'', often used with nouns s ...
upon a knoll within the
Ufita Valley, the town is part of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia. Its territory borders with the municipalities of
Ariano Irpino
Ariano Irpino (formerly known as ''Ariano di Puglia'' until 1930, and simply ''Ariano'' in historical sources and the Arianese dialect) is an Italian Comune (Italy), municipality with a population of 20,706 inhabitants located in the Province of ...
,
Castel Baronia,
Frigento,
Grottaminarda,
San Nicola Baronia,
San Sossio Baronia,
Sturno,
Villanova del Battista and
Zungoli.
References
Cities and towns in Campania
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