Mercato San Severino 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:...

of the province of Salerno

Province of Salerno

The Province of Salerno is a province in the Campania region of Italy.-Geography:The largest towns in the province are: Salerno, the capital, which has a population of 139,579; Cava de' Tirreni with a population of 53,488; Battipaglia with a population of 51,115; and Nocera Inferiore which has a...

 in the 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...

 region of south-west Italy

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...

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Geography

The territory borders with the municipalities of Baronissi

Baronissi

Baronissi is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. It is home to a campus of the University of Salerno.- Geography :The town is situated 7 km north of Salerno and it's far 35 from Avellino...

, Bracigliano

Bracigliano

Bracigliano is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy....

, Castel San Giorgio

Castel San Giorgio

Castel San Giorgio is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy....

, Cava de' Tirreni

Cava de' Tirreni

Cava de’ Tirreni is a city and comune in the region of Campania, Italy, in the province of Salerno, 10 km northwest of the town of Salerno...

, Fisciano

Fisciano

Fisciano is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. It is dominated by the University of Salerno, which built a new campus in the town in 1988.-University:...

, Montoro Inferiore

Montoro Inferiore

Montoro Inferiore is a town and comune in the province of Avellino, Campania, Italy.-Geography:Montoro Inferiore borders with Bracigliano , Contrada, Fisciano , Forino, Mercato San Severino and Montoro Superiore....

 (AV

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....

), Roccapiemonte

Roccapiemonte

Roccapiemonte is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy....

 and Siano

Siano

Siano is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy....

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It counts 21 civil parishes (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...

): Acigliano, Acquarola, Capocasale, Carifi, Ciorani, Corticelle, Costa, Curteri, Galdo di Carifi, Lombardi, Monticelli (divided in M. di Sopra and M. di Sotto), Oscato Ospizio, Pandola, Piazza del Galdo, Priscoli, Sant'Angelo in Macerata (with the suburb of Valle), Sant'Eustachio, San Vincenzo, Spiano and Torello.

Transport

Mercato San Severino is served by two railway stations: Mercato San Severino is located in the middle of the town, on the lines Salerno-Avellino-Benevento and Mercato San Severino-Sarno/Nocera Inferiore. On this second line is located the stop of Valle, in the same-named suburb of Sant'Angelo in Macerata.

It is served by the A30 motorway (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....

-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...

) at the same-named exit (located near Curteri), and also by the RA 02 (Salerno-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...

) at the exit "Fisciano-Mercato San Severino".