Orta di Atella

Orta di Atella
Country	Italy
region	Campania
province	Caserta  (CE)
Coordinates	40 ° 58 ′  N , 14 ° 16 ′  E Coordinates: 40 ° 58 ′ 0 ″  N , 14 ° 16 ′ 0 ″  E
height	36  m slm
surface	10.7 km²
Residents	27,419 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	2,563 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	81030
prefix	081
ISTAT number	061053
Popular name	Orti
Patron saint	Maximus
Website	Orta di Atella

Orta di Atella is an Italian municipality ( comune ) with 27,419 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Caserta in Campania . The municipality is located about 15 kilometers north of Naples and about 12 kilometers southwest of Caserta . The municipality borders on the metropolitan city of Naples .

Mainly cereals and tobacco are grown.

Community partnerships

Orta di Atella has a partnership with the Spanish city of Horta de Sant Joan in the province of Tarragona .

Personalities

• Massimo Stanzione (1586–1656), sculptor and painter
• Andrea Mugione (1940-2020), Roman Catholic Archbishop, was parish priest in Orta di Atella

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.