Carinola 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 45 km northwest 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 northwest 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...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 8,164 and an area of 63.7 km².

The municipality of Carinola 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) San Ruosi, Ventaroli, San Donato, Casale, Nocelleto, S. Croce, Croce di Casale, and Casanova.

Carinola borders the following municipalities: Falciano del Massico

Falciano del Massico

Falciano del Massico is a comune in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about 45 km northwest of Naples and about 35 km northwest of Caserta....

, Francolise

Francolise

Francolise is a comune in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about 40 km northwest of Naples and about 25 km northwest of Caserta....

, Sessa Aurunca

Sessa Aurunca

Sessa Aurunca is a town and comune of Campania, Italy, in the province of Caserta. It located on the south west slope of the extinct volcano of Roccamonfina, 40 km by rail west north west of Caserta and 30 km east of Formia....

, Teano

Teano

Teano is a town and comune of Campania, Italy, in the province of Caserta, 30 km north-west of that town on the main line to Rome from Naples. It stands at the south-east foot of an extinct volcano, Rocca Monfina.- Ancient times and Middle Ages:...

.