The Province of Benevento ( it, Provincia di Benevento) is a province in the Campania region of Italy. Its capital is the city of

Benevento Benevento (, , ; la, Beneventum) is a city and ''comune'' of Campania, Italy, capital of the province of Benevento, northeast of Naples. It is situated on a hill above sea level at the confluence of the Calore Irpino (or Beneventano) and the ...

Geography

The province has an area of 2,071 km², and, , a total population of 279,308. There are 78 '' comuni'' in the province (for the full list, see

comuni of the Province of Benevento The following is a list of the 78 municipalities ('' comuni'') of the Province of Benevento, Campania, Italy. List See also *List of municipalities of Italy References {{Province of Benevento Benevento Benevento (, , ; la, Beneventum) is ...

). The biggest municipalities, the only ones over 10,000 inhabitants, are

Montesarchio Montesarchio ( nap, Muntesarchio; la, Caudium; grc, Καύδιον, Kaúdion) is a ''comune'' in the Province of Benevento, Campania, southern Italy. It is located south-west of Benevento in the Valle Caudina at the foot of Monte Taburno. The ...

, Sant'Agata de' Goti and

San Giorgio del Sannio San Giorgio del Sannio (formerly '' San Giorgo alla Montagna'' or '' San Giorgio la Montagna'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania, located about 60 km northeast of Naples and about 9&nbs ...

. The territory of the province of Benevento closely approximates that of the Principality of Benevento in the mid and late eleventh century. It borders Molise (

province of Campobasso A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outsi ...

) on the North,

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( province of Foggia) on the East, the

province of Avellino The Province of Avellino ( it, Provincia di Avellino) is a province in the Campania region of Southern Italy. The area is characterized by numerous small towns and villages scattered across the province; only two towns have a population over 20,0 ...

and the metropolitan City of Naples on the South, and the province of Caserta on the West. The lowest point is in the comune of Limatola (44 meters above sea level), while the highest point is Monte Mutria (1822 meters), one of the mountains of the Matese range, which separates the province of Benevento from Molise.

External links

Official website

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