Sant'Arpino

Sant'Arpino is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania located about 11 kilometres (7 mi) northwest of Naples and about 12 kilometres (7 mi) 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 References ^ http://www.iststudiatell.org/principale.htm