The province of Avellino is a province in the Campania region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Avellino. The area is characterized by numerous small towns and villages scattered across the province; only two towns have a population over 20,000.
Ariano Irpino, or simply Ariano, is a comune (municipality) in the province of Avellino, in the Italian region of Campania. With a territory of 186.74 square kilometres (72.10 sq mi) and a population of 22,535 (2017), it is one of the largest settlements in the Irpinia historical district and the modern province. Located 264 kilometres (164 mi) east-southeast of Rome and 104 kilometres (65 mi) east-northeast of Naples, the comune was granted the official status of città ("city") by a presidential decree of 1952, October 26; it has been recognized as an arts town, too.
Bonito is a comune in the Province of Avellino, in the Region of Campania, Italy. Located in the southern Apennines upon a rounded knoll, it overlooks the Ufita Valley within the historical district of Irpinia.
Bagnoli Irpino is a town and comune in the province of Avellino, Campania, Italy.
Caposele is a town and comune in the province of Avellino, Campania, Italy. The town was seriously damaged by the 1980 Irpinia earthquake.
Carife is a town and comune in the province of Avellino, Campania, Italy. In the year 2001, the population was 1,697.
Flumeri is a town and comune in the province of Avellino, Campania, southern Italy.
Forino is a town and comune in the province of Avellino, Campania, southern Italy.
Greci is an Arbëreshë town and comune in the province of Avellino, Campania, Italy, located about 100 km northeast of Naples and about 50 km southwest of Foggia. It is a mountain agricultural village lying astride the Apennines and represents the only existing linguistic minority in Campania; Arbereshe people have settled in Greci since the 15th century.
Mercogliano is an Italian town and comune in the province of Avellino, Campania, southern Italy.
Montaguto is a town and comune in the province of Avellino, Campania, southern Italy.
Melito Irpino is a town and comune in the province of Avellino, in the Campania region of south-western Italy.
Montecalvo Irpino is a town and comune in the province of Avellino, Campania, southern Italy.
Monteforte Irpino is a town and comune in the province of Avellino, Campania, Italy. A bus crash near the town killed 40 people in 2013. The victims were pilgrims coming home from a trip to a Catholic shrine when the bus slid off a road near Monteforte Irpino and fell 30 metres (100 ft) off a bridge.
Scampitella is a town and comune in the province of Avellino, Campania, Italy.
Vallata is a town and comune in the province of Avellino, Campania, Italy.
Villanova del Battista is a town and comune in the province of Avellino, Campania, southern Italy.
Zungoli is a town and comune in the province of Avellino, Campania, southern Italy, about 58 kilometres (36 mi) from the town of Avellino.
Irpinia is a geographical and cultural region of Southern Italy. It was the inland territory of the ancient Hirpini tribe, and its extent matches approximately today's province of Avellino.
The Arianese dialect, typical of the territorial area of Ariano Irpino, is a vernacular variety of the Irpinian dialect, belonging in turn to the Neapolitan group of southern Italian dialects. Like all Romance languages, it descends directly from Vulgar Latin, a language of Indo-European stock that has been widespread in the area since Roman times.
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