Agro Nocerino Sarnese Explained

Italian: Agro Nocerino-Sarnese
Other Name:Italian: Agro Sarnese-Nocerino
Settlement Type:geographical region
Coordinates:40.75°N 14.55°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Italy
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Campania
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Type3:Comuni
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Density Km2:auto

The Italian: Agro Nocerino-Sarnese, also inverted as Italian: Agro Sarnese-Nocerino, is a geographical region of the Province of Salerno, in Campania in southern Italy; the river Sarno flows through it. It is a low-lying area bounded to the south by the Monti Lattari, to the east and north-east by the Monti Picentini and to the west by the plain of Vesuvius. It consists of sixteen comuni: Angri, Bracigliano, Castel San Giorgio, Corbara, Nocera Inferiore, Nocera Superiore, Pagani, Roccapiemonte, San Marzano sul Sarno, San Valentino Torio, Santa Maria la Carità, Sant'Antonio Abate, Sant'Egidio del Monte Albino, Sarno, Scafati and Siano. All are in the province of Salerno except Santa Maria la Carità and Sant'Antonio Abate, which are in the province of Naples.

Agriculture

The Italian: Agro Nocerino-Sarnese is the core area of production of the San Marzano tomato, which, as the Italian: Pomodoro San Marzano dell'agro sarnese-nocerino, has DOP status.

The Napoletana breed of domestic goat is distributed in the area.

Province proposal

On 17 November 1999, a law was proposed to the XIII Legislature of the Republic which would have made the Italian: Agro Nocerino-Sarnese an Italian province; the law was not passed. The proposed province would have had an area of and a population of 271,017.