Quarters of Naples

The districts of Naples are the sectors that, within the city, are identified by particular geographical and topographical, functional and historical features.

[1] The 12 districts of the 1779 city division had the following denomination:[2] Over time the neighborhoods have become 30, and although they no longer have any administrative function they continue to be used in everyday language as geographical references.

[3] Previously the municipality was divided into 21 circoscrizioni,[4] consisting of 30 city districts.

Below is a list of unofficial toponyms (some have been in the past, for example in the law on rehabilitation) relating to areas of Naples known to have not administrative value.

Often they are relative districts or small villages once outside the city and subsequently incorporated into the urban fabric.