Frigento is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than city, cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
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comune
The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces ('' province''). The can ...
'' in the
province of Avellino
The Province of Avellino ( it, Provincia di Avellino) is a province in the Campania region of Southern Italy. The area is characterized by numerous small towns and villages scattered across the province; only two towns have a population over 20,0 ...
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Campania
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Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
. It is located in the
Ansanto valley and bordered by the municipalities of
Carife
Carife ( la, Callifae; Irpino: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Avellino, Campania, Italy. In the year 2001, the population was 1,697.
Located in the Apennines between the Ufita Valley and Daunian Mountains, the town is part of the ...
,
Flumeri
Flumeri (Irpino: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Avellino, Campania, southern Italy.
Located in the Apennines upon a knoll within the Ufita Valley, the town is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia. Its terr ...
,
Gesualdo,
Grottaminarda
Grottaminarda (Irpino: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Avellino (Campania), situated northeast of Naples, in the southwest of Italy.
Grottaminarda is part of Roman Catholic Diocese of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia and its territory bor ...
,
Guardia Lombardi
Guardia Lombardi (), known as ''La Uàrdia'' () in the Irpinian dialect, is a small town and '' comune'' in the Province of Avellino in Campania, Italy. At an elevation of , it is located in Irpinia in the Apennine Mountains of Southern Italy. ...
,
Rocca San Felice
Rocca San Felice is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Avellino, Campania, southern Italy.
Geography
Located in the central area of Irpinia, the municipality borders with Frigento, Guardia Lombardi, Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi, Sturno and Vi ...
,
Sturno
Sturno is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Avellino, in the Campania region of southern Italy.
The town, located in the valley of the Ufita river, is bordered by Carife, Castel Baronia, Flumeri, Frigento and Rocca San Felice.
History
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, and
Villamaina. Its name derives from the Latin word ''frequentia'' ("frequency").
References
External links
Official website
Cities and towns in Campania
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