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Villaricca (until May 13, 1871 called Panicocoli ( nap, Panecuòcole)) is a ''
comune The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...
'' (municipality) in the
Metropolitan City of Naples The Metropolitan City of Naples ( it, Città metropolitana di Napoli) is an Italian metropolitan city in Campania region, established on 1 January 2015. Its capital city is Naples; within the city there are 92 comunes (municipalities). It wa ...
in the
Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...
region
Campania (man), it, Campana (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = , demographics1_footnotes = , demographics1_title1 = , demographics1_info1 = , demog ...
, located about 10 km northwest of
Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
. It is the birthplace of popular Italian singer
Sergio Bruni Sergio Bruni (stage name of Guglielmo Chianese, 15 September 1921 – 22 June 2003) was a popular Italian singer, guitarist, and songwriter. He was often called "The Voice of Naples". He was born in the commune of Villaricca, near Naples, Italy ...
and the venerable physician and priest Vittorio De Marino.


Geography

Villaricca borders the following municipalities:
Calvizzano Calvizzano ( nap, Calvizzàne) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about 9 km northwest of Naples. Calvizzano borders the following municipalities: Marano di Napoli, Mugnan ...
,
Giugliano in Campania Giugliano in Campania , also known simply as Giugliano, is a city and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy. , it had some 124,000 inhabitants,Marano di Napoli Marano di Napoli (; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about northwest of Naples. Partly located on the Camaldoli hill, it is one of the most populous municipalities in the ...
, Mugnano di Napoli,
Qualiano Qualiano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about northwest of Naples. Qualiano borders the following municipalities: Calvizzano, Giugliano in Campania, Villaricca Villar ...
and
Quarto Quarto (abbreviated Qto, 4to or 4º) is the format of a book or pamphlet produced from full sheets printed with eight pages of text, four to a side, then folded twice to produce four leaves. The leaves are then trimmed along the folds to produc ...
.


References


External links


Official website
Cities and towns in Campania {{Campania-geo-stub