Colle Sannita is a comune

Comune

In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

(municipality) in the Province of Benevento

Province of Benevento

The Province of Benevento is a province in the Campania region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Benevento.It has an area of 2,071 km², and a total population of 289,455...

 in the Italian

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 region Campania

Campania

Campania is a region in southern Italy. The region has a population of around 5.8 million people, making it the second-most-populous region of Italy; its total area of 13,590 km² makes it the most densely populated region in the country...

, located about 80 km northeast of Naples

Naples

Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...

 and about 25 km north of Benevento

Benevento

Benevento is a town and comune of Campania, Italy, capital of the province of Benevento, 50 km northeast of Naples. It is situated on a hill 130 m above sea-level at the confluence of the Calore Irpino and Sabato...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,982 and an area of 37.0 km².

The municipality of Colle Sannita contains the frazione

Frazione

A frazione , in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other administrative divisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere...

(subdivision) Decorata.

Colle Sannita borders the following municipalities: Baselice

Baselice

Baselice is a comune in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania, located about 90 km northeast of Naples and about 35 km northeast of Benevento...

, Castelpagano

Castelpagano

Castelpagano is a comune in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania, located about 80 km northeast of Naples and about 30 km north of Benevento...

, Castelvetere in Val Fortore

Castelvetere in Val Fortore

Castelvetere in Val Fortore is a comune in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania, located about 90 km northeast of Naples and about 35 km northeast of Benevento in the upper valley of the Fortore River ....

, Circello

Circello

Circello is a comune in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania, located about 70 km northeast of Naples and about 25 km north of Benevento and approx 700 meters above sea level....

, Reino

Reino

Reino is a comune in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania, located about 70 km northeast of Naples and about 15 km north of Benevento...

, Riccia, San Marco dei Cavoti

San Marco dei Cavoti

San Marco dei Cavoti is a comune in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania, located near the Fortore River valley.San Marco is one of the best-known places in Italy for the production of torrone...

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External links

• www.comune.collesannita.bn.it