Arpaise 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

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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

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 and about 11 km south 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 886 and an area of 6.6 km².

The municipality of Arpaise contains the frazioni

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...

(subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Mignolli, Terranova, Russi, and Casalpreti.

Arpaise borders the following municipalities: Altavilla Irpina

Altavilla Irpina

Altavilla Irpina is a town and comune in the province of Avellino, Campania, southern Italy.-History:According to some scholars, it would coincide with the Poetilia mentioned by Vergil in his Aeneid...

, Ceppaloni

Ceppaloni

Ceppaloni is a comune in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania, located about 50 km northeast of Naples and about 9 km south of Benevento...

, Pietrastornina

Pietrastornina

Pietrastornina is a town and comune in the province of Avellino, Campania, Italy....

, Roccabascerana

Roccabascerana

Roccabascerena is a town and comune in the province of Avellino, Campania, Italy....

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