Pietramelara is a ''
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 ...
'' (municipality) in the
Province of Caserta
The Province of Caserta ( it, Provincia di Caserta) is a province in the Campania region of southern Italy. Its capital is the city of Caserta, situated about by road north of Naples. The province has an area of , and had a total population of ...
in the
Italian
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** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
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region
Campania
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, located about north of
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
and about northwest of
Caserta
Caserta () is the capital of the province of Caserta in the Campania region of Italy. It is an important agricultural, commercial, and industrial ''comune'' and city. Caserta is located on the edge of the Campanian plain at the foot of the Camp ...
. It occupies the plain just south the slopes of
Monte Maggiore
Monte may refer to:
Places Argentina
* Argentine Monte, an ecoregion
* Monte Desert
* Monte Partido, a ''partido'' in Buenos Aires Province
Italy
* Monte Bregagno
* Monte Cassino
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, the highest peak in the
Monti Trebulani
The Monti Trebulani or Colli Caprensi is a mountain range in the province of Caserta, Campania, southern Italy.
They take their name from the ancient city of Trebula Balliensis, a Roman colony founded in the 3rd-2nd century BC, whose remains a ...
.
Pietramelara borders the following municipalities:
Formicola
Formicola (Campanian: or ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Caserta in Campania, Italy. Formicola is located about north of Naples and about northwest of Caserta. It borders the municipalities of Camigliano, Giano Vetusto, Piet ...
,
Pietravairano
Pietravairano is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about north of Naples and about northwest of Caserta.
References
External links
Official website
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Riardo,
Roccaromana
Roccaromana is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about north of Naples and about northwest of Caserta
Caserta () is the capital of the province of Caserta in the Campania region of ...
,
Rocchetta e Croce
Rocchetta e Croce is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about north of Naples and about northwest of Caserta.
Rocchetta e Croce borders the following municipalities: Calvi Risorta, For ...
.
References
Cities and towns in Campania
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