Gioia Sannitica 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 Caserta

Province of Caserta

The Province of Caserta is a province in the Campania region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Caserta. The former royal palace of Caserta is located near to the city.It has an area of 2,639 km², and a total population of 879,342...

 in the Italian

Italy

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 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 50 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 30 km northeast of Caserta

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 Campanian Subapennine mountain range...

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Gioia Sannitica borders the following municipalities: Alife

Alife (CE)

Alife is a town and comune in the province of Caserta , Italy. It is located in the Volturno valley, and is a flourishing center of agricultural production.-Ancient history:...

, Alvignano

Alvignano

Alvignano is a comune in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about 45 km north of Naples and about 20 km north of Caserta, at the feet of the Monti Trebulani....

, Cusano Mutri

Cusano Mutri

Cusano Mutri is a comune in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania, located about 60 km northeast of Naples and about 35 km northwest of Benevento...

, Faicchio

Faicchio

Faicchio is a comune in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania, located about 50 km northeast of Naples and about 30 km northwest of Benevento. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,867 and an area of 43.9 km²...

, Ruviano

Ruviano

Ruviano is a comune in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about 45 km northeast of Naples and about 20 km northeast of Caserta...

, San Potito Sannitico

San Potito Sannitico

San Potito Sannitico is a comune in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about 60 km north of Naples and about 30 km north of Caserta...

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A hill nearby is home to a Norman

Italo-Norman

The Italo-Normans, or Siculo-Normans when referring to Sicily, were the Italian-born descendants of the first Norman conquerors to travel to the southern Italy in the first half of the eleventh century...

castle, connected to a small village which went depopulated in the 14th-15th centuries.