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Paduli is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania. It is located on a rocky spur between the Calore and Tammaro rivers, about 60 km northeast of Naples and about 9 km northeast of Benevento.

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Italian comune.name
Paduli
Italian comune.official_name
Comune di Paduli
Italian comune.image_skyline
Paduli (39665754731).jpg
Italian comune.image_caption
Skyline of Paduli
Italian comune.image_shield
Paduli.gif
Italian comune.shield_size
px
Italian comune.region
Campania
Italian comune.province
Benevento (BN)
Italian comune.established_title
First mentioned
Italian comune.established_date
92 AD
Italian comune.frazioni
Bosco Verdito, Calore Sandriano, Ignazio Forno Nuovo, Monte Capriano Carpinelli, Orticelli, Orticelli Montefollo, Piana, Piana Ferrara, Ravano, Saglieta, San Giuseppe, Serre Capitolo, Soloni, Torre
Italian comune.mayor
Domenico Vessichelli
Italian comune.area_total_km2
44.73
Italian comune.elevation_m
320
Italian comune.population_total
3819
Italian comune.population_as_of
1 January 2020
Italian comune.population_demonym
Padulesi
Italian comune.postal_code
82020

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Official name
Paduli
Demonym
padulesi
Population
3602
Area
45.3
Elevation
320
Official website
www.comune.paduli.bn.it
Image
Paduli (39665754731).jpg
Dialing code
0824
Licence plate code
BN
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Commons category
Paduli
postal code
82020
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Paduli is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania. It is located on a rocky spur between the Calore and Tammaro rivers, about 60 km northeast of Naples and about 9 km northeast of Benevento.

==Etymology== It is theorized that Paduli was the ancient Roman settlement of Batulum. The most likely theory regarding the origin of the name "Paduli" proposes the name "Batulum" changed to "Padulum", which in Vulgar Latin meant "marsh". It is from "padulem" that the Italian term "padule" - the plural form of which is "paduli" - is derived. Indeed, the identification of Paduli as Batulum comes from the similarly hilled and swampy environment both areas are known to have occupied, and the earliest confirmed mention of Paduli records the town's name as "Padule". Furthermore, the Italian settlement of Colle Sannita, around 10 miles from Paduli, preserves an ancient name for the general area of Benevento it occupies called "Padula" - which also means "marsh" or "swamp".

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