Serrara Fontana
Encyclopedia
Serrara Fontana is a comune
(municipality) on the Ischia
island, in the Province of Naples
of the Italian
region Campania
.
It is the highest and the smallest comune of the island. It was created by the union of the former villages of Serrara and Fontana.
Its territory is composed by several small villages: Noia, Calimera, Ciglio, Succhivo, Sant'Angelo that go from the mountain to the sea.
Serrara Fontana borders the following municipalities: Barano d'Ischia
, Casamicciola Terme
, Forio
.
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) on the Ischia
Ischia
Ischia is a volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea. It lies at the northern end of the Gulf of Naples, about 30 km from the city of Naples. It is the largest of the Phlegrean Islands. Roughly trapezoidal in shape, it measures around 10 km east to west and 7 km north to south and has...
island, in the Province of Naples
Province of Naples
The Province of Naples is a province in the Campania region of Italy. Its capital city is Naples, within the province there are 92 Comuni of the Province of Naples.-Demographics:...
of 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 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...
.
It is the highest and the smallest comune of the island. It was created by the union of the former villages of Serrara and Fontana.
Its territory is composed by several small villages: Noia, Calimera, Ciglio, Succhivo, Sant'Angelo that go from the mountain to the sea.
Serrara Fontana borders the following municipalities: Barano d'Ischia
Barano d'Ischia
Barano d'Ischia is a comune in the Province of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located in the south-west area of Ischia island, about 30 km southwest of Naples....
, Casamicciola Terme
Casamicciola Terme
Casamicciola Terme is a comune in the Province of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located in the northern part of the Ischia Island....
, Forio
Forio
Forio is a town and comune of c. 17,000 inhabitants in the province in Naples, Italy, situated on the island of Ischia....
.