Spilinga 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 70 km southwest of Catanzaro and about 15 km west 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 1,665 and an area of 18.7 km².

The municipality of Spilinga 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) Panaìa and Monte Poro.

Spilinga borders the following municipalities: Drapia

Drapia

Drapia is a comune in the Province of Vibo Valentia in the Italian region Calabria, located about 60 km southwest of Catanzaro and about 14 km west of Vibo Valentia...

, Joppolo, Limbadi

Limbadi

Limbadi is a comune in the Province of Vibo Valentia in the Italian region Calabria, located about 70 km southwest of Catanzaro and about 15 km southwest of Vibo Valentia...

, Nicotera

Nicotera

Nicotera is a comune in the province of Vibo Valentia, Calabria, southern Italy.-History:Nicòtera origins lie with the ancient Greek city of Medma which was founded by the Locresis of Locri Epizephyris....

, Ricadi

Ricadi

Ricadi is a small rural town, as well as a municipality, located along the Tyrrhenian coast, in the province of Vibo Valentia), in the Italian region of Calabria.-Boundaries:...

, Rombiolo

Rombiolo

Rombiolo is a town and comune of the province of Vibo Valentia in the Calabria region of southern Italy.-Geography:Rombiolo borders the following municipalities: Filandari, Limbadi, San Calogero, Spilinga, Zungri....

, Zungri

Zungri

Zungri is a comune and town in Calabria, in southern Italy, in the Province of Vibo Valentia....

.