Sant'Arpino

Sant'Arpino
—  Comune  —
Comune di Sant'Arpino
Sant'Arpino Location of Sant'Arpino in Italy
Coordinates: 40°57′27″N 14°14′57″E
Country	Italy
Region	Campania
Province	Province of Caserta (CE)
Frazioni	san caneone
Government
• Mayor	Eugenio Di Santo
Area
• Total	3.2 km2 (1.2 sq mi)
Elevation	43 m (141 ft)
Population (Dec. 2008)
• Total	14,044
• Density	4,400/km2 (11,000/sq mi)
Demonym	Santarpinesi
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	81030
Dialing code	081
Patron saint	Sant'Elpidio
Saint day	24th May
Website	Official website

Sant'Arpino is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania located about 11 km northwest of Naples and about 12 km southwest of Caserta.

Sant'Arpino borders the following municipalities: Cesa, Frattamaggiore, Frattaminore, Grumo Nevano, Orta di Atella, Sant'Antimo, Succivo.

Etymology

Sant'Arpino is the vulgarized version of Sant'Elpidio, Bishop and patron of the town.

History

When the city of Atella starts to disappear around the beginning of the 11th century, there are news of a small village built around a church outside the city walls with the name of Village of S. Elpidio (popularized later in S. Arpino) in a bill of sale dated 820 DC. The two names of S. Elpidio and Atella officially coexist until, founded Aversa, all that remained of Atella were transferred in the nearby city and the little Norman Village of Sant'Elpidio becomes one of its hamlets. In 1592 the village became a ducal estate of the Marquis of Grottole Alonzo Sanches de Luna of Aragon and had, for the first time in its history, the official name of Sant'Arpino. Elevated to a municipality with Joachim Murat it had been suppressed during the Fascist era in 1928 by Royal Decree Law 15/4/28 n.948 to form the town of Atella of Naples. In 1946 with the Decree Law 29/3/46 is reconstituted in the fledgling Italian Republic.

Demographic evolution