Montesano sulla Marcellana
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Montesano sulla Marcellana (colloquially named Montesano) is a town and comune
of the province of Salerno
in the Campania
region of south-west Italy
. As of 2010 its population was of 6,663..
): Arenabianca, Cessuta, Magorno, Montesano Scalo (located close to the train station), Prato Comune and Tardiano.
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:...
of the province of Salerno
Province of Salerno
The Province of Salerno is a province in the Campania region of Italy.-Geography:The largest towns in the province are: Salerno, the capital, which has a population of 139,579; Cava de' Tirreni with a population of 53,488; Battipaglia with a population of 51,115; and Nocera Inferiore which has a...
in the 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...
region of south-west Italy
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...
. As of 2010 its population was of 6,663..
Geography
It counts 6 civil parishes (frazioniFrazione
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...
): Arenabianca, Cessuta, Magorno, Montesano Scalo (located close to the train station), Prato Comune and Tardiano.