Capistrano 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 Vibo Valentia

Province of Vibo Valentia

The Province of Vibo Valentia is a province in the Calabria region of Italy, set up by a national law of 6 March 1992 which came into effect on 1 January 1996, and formerly part of the Province of Catanzaro...

 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 Calabria

Calabria

Calabria , in antiquity known as Bruttium, is a region in southern Italy, south of Naples, located at the "toe" of the Italian Peninsula. The capital city of Calabria is Catanzaro....

, located about 35 km southwest of Catanzaro and about 20 km east of Vibo Valentia

Vibo Valentia

Vibo Valentia is a city and comune in the Calabria region of southern Italy, near the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital of the province of Vibo Valentia, and is an agricultural, commercial and tourist center . There are also several large manufacturing industries, including the tuna district of...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,147 and an area of 21.0 km².

The municipality of Capistrano 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) Nicastrello.

Capistrano borders the following municipalities: Chiaravalle Centrale

Chiaravalle Centrale

Chiaravalle Centrale is a comune and town in the province of Catanzaro in the Calabria region of Italy....

, Filogaso

Filogaso

Filogaso is a comune in the Province of Vibo Valentia in the Italian region Calabria, located about 40 km southwest of Catanzaro and about 13 km east of Vibo Valentia...

, Maierato

Maierato

Maierato is a comune in the Province of Vibo Valentia in the Italian region Calabria, located about 40 km southwest of Catanzaro and about 11 km northeast of Vibo Valentia...

, Monterosso Calabro

Monterosso Calabro

Monterosso Calabro is a comune in the Province of Vibo Valentia in the Italian region Calabria, located about 35 km southwest of Catanzaro and about 20 km northeast of Vibo Valentia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,927 and an area of 18.2 km².Monterosso Calabro...

, San Nicola da Crissa

San Nicola da Crissa

San Nicola da Crissa is a comune in the Province of Vibo Valentia in the Italian region Calabria, located about 40 km southwest of Catanzaro and about 15 km east of Vibo Valentia....

, San Vito sullo Ionio

San Vito sullo Ionio

San Vito sullo lonio is a comune and town in the province of Catanzaro in the Calabria region of Italy.The patron saint of San Vito is St.Vitus.Legend has it that St.Vitus himself, protected the town from a flood. The town's economy relies...

, Torre di Ruggiero

Torre di Ruggiero

Torre di Ruggiero is a village and comune in the province of Catanzaro in the Calabria region of southern Italy.-Geography:The village is bordered by Capistrano, Cardinale, Chiaravalle Centrale, San Nicola da Crissa, Simbario and Vallelonga....

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External links

• web.tiscali.it/capistranovv/