Altavilla Irpina

Infobox CityIT
img_coa = AltavillaIrpina-Stemma.gif
official_name = Comune di Altavilla Irpina
name=Altavilla Irpina
mapx=41.0
mapxy=14.783
region = Campania
province = Avellino (AV)
elevation_m =334
area_total_km2 = 14.10
population_as_of = 2005
population_total = 4233
population_density_km2 =300.21
timezone = CET, UTC+1
coordinates = coord|41|0|29|N|14|46|56|E
frazioni = San Trifone, Pannone di sotto, Pannone di sopra, Belvedere, Ponte dei Santi, Pincera, Toro, Sassano, Russo
telephone = 0825
postalcode = 83011
gentilic = Altavillesi
saint = St. Bernardine of Siena
day = May 20
mayor =
website =

Altavilla Irpina is a town and "comune" in the province of Avellino, Campania, southern Italy.

History

According to some scholars, it would coincide with the "Poetilia" mentioned by Vergil in his "Aeneid". The town had subsequently the names of Scandiano, Altacoda, Altacauda, sino until the current, deriving from the Norman Hauteville family.

Transportation

It has a station on the Avellino-Benevento railway line