Melizzano 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 45 km northeast of Naples

Naples

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 and about 25 km west 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 1,876 and an area of 17.5 km².

The municipality of Melizzano 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) Torello.

Melizzano borders the following municipalities: Amorosi

Amorosi

Amorosi is a comune in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania, located about 45 km northeast of Naples and about 30 km northwest of Benevento...

, Castel Campagnano

Castel Campagnano

Castel Campagnano is a comune in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about 40 km northeast of Naples and about 15 km northeast of Caserta...

, Dugenta

Dugenta

Dugenta is a comune in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania, located about 35 km northeast of Naples and about 30 km west of Benevento...

, Frasso Telesino

Frasso Telesino

Frasso Telesino is a comune in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania, located about 40 km northeast of Naples and about 20 km west of Benevento...

, Solopaca

Solopaca

Solopaca is a comune in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania, located about 45 km northeast of Naples and about 20 km northwest of Benevento...

, Telese Terme.

External links

• www.comune.melizzano.bn.it