Atripalda is a town and 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:...

in the province of Avellino

Province of Avellino

The Province of Avellino is a province in the Campania region of Italy. The area is typified by many small towns and villages scattered across the province; in fact only two towns have a population over 20,000; its capital city Avellino and Ariano Irpino....

, 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...

, southern Italy

Italy

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. As of 2011 its population was of 11,149.

History

The town is the home of the ruins of Abellinum, the Ancient Roman

Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....

 Avellino

Avellino

Avellino is a town and comune, capital of the province of Avellino in the Campania region of southern Italy. It is situated in a plain surrounded by mountains 42 km north-east of Naples and is an important hub on the road from Salerno to Benevento.-History:Before the Roman conquest, the...

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Geography

Part of the urban area of Avellino, Atripalda is bordered by the municipalities of Aiello del Sabato

Aiello del Sabato

Aiello del Sabato is a town and comune in the province of Avellino, Campania, southern Italy. Its name derives from the Latin agellus and from the Sabato river, an affluent of the Calore Irpino....

, Avellino

Avellino

Avellino is a town and comune, capital of the province of Avellino in the Campania region of southern Italy. It is situated in a plain surrounded by mountains 42 km north-east of Naples and is an important hub on the road from Salerno to Benevento.-History:Before the Roman conquest, the...

, Cesinali

Cesinali

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

, Manocalzati

Manocalzati

Manocalzati is a town and comune in the province of Avellino, Campania, Southern Italy. The area produces chestnuts, nuts and grapes. In 2005, the population was 3156. Its altitude is 450 meters above sea level.-History:...

, San Potito Ultra

San Potito Ultra

San Potito Ultra is a town and comune in the province of Avellino, Campania, Italy....

, Santo Stefano del Sole

Santo Stefano del Sole

Santo Stefano del Sole is a town and comune in the province of Avellino, in the Campania region of southern Italy.-Geography:The town is bordered by Atripalda, Cesinali, San Michele di Serino, Santa Lucia di Serino, Serino, Sorbo Serpico and Volturara Irpina.-Notes and references:...

 and Sorbo Serpico

Sorbo Serpico

Sorbo Serpico is a town and comune in the province of Avellino, Campania, Italy. Three villages with the name Sorbo are Sorbo-Ocagnano on the island of Corsica, Sorbo Serpico in the region of Campania, and Sorbo San Basile in the region of Calabria. The word "sorbo" in Italian means "the service...

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Transport

The final exit "Avellino" of the RA02 motorway from Salerno

Salerno

Salerno is a city and comune in Campania and is the capital of the province of the same name. It is located on the Gulf of Salerno on the Tyrrhenian Sea....

 is located in west of Atripalda, and the A16

Autostrada A16 (Italy)

The A16 is an Italian autostrada connecting Naples and Canosa, before merging with the A14 autostrada.The road is also known as "Autostrada dei Due Mari" because it connects Naples, on the Tyrrhenian coast, with Bari, on the Adriatic coast.-Route:...

 exit "Avellino Est", near its eastern suburb. A dual carriageway

Dual carriageway

A dual carriageway is a class of highway with two carriageways for traffic travelling in opposite directions separated by a central reservation...

 from Mercogliano

Mercogliano

Mercogliano is a town and comune in the province of Avellino, Campania, Italy.It is home to the Montevergine Catholic sanctuary....

 and Avellino links both the motorways and crosses Atripalda. The town is also crossed by the state highway

State highway (Italy)

The Strade Statali, abbreviated SS, is the Italian national network of state highways. The total length for the network is about 18.000 km.The Italian state highway network are maintained by ANAS...

 SS7 Via Appia

Appian Way

The Appian Way was one of the earliest and strategically most important Roman roads of the ancient republic. It connected Rome to Brindisi, Apulia, in southeast Italy...

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As for rail transport, Atripalda's southern suburb is widely crossed by the Avellino-Lioni-Rocchetta line without a station. This is mainly due to the fact that Avellino railway station

Avellino railway station

Avellino is the main railway station of the Italian city of Avellino, in the region of Campania. It is owned by the Ferrovie dello Stato, the national rail company of Italy, and is classified Silver.-Geography:...

is situated close to its municipal borders.