Striano is an Italian municipality of 8,764 inhabitants in the Metropolitan City of Naples in Campania, located in the Sarno Valley.

The population growth from 1998 to today is due to the fact that following a flood in nearby Sarno, many people settled in Striano, to get away from the risk areas.

Another factor is the immigration of EU and non-EU citizens, as well as the excellent geographical position that guarantees efficient connections with the provincial capitals, Pompeii, the Neapolitan, Amalfi and Sorrento coastal strip.

In the Middle Ages we find the toponym Histricanum cited in the Bull of erection of the Diocese of Sarno of 1066.

Recently, through studies and research, it has been demonstrated that the toponym derives exactly from the characteristic configuration of the Strianese lands called stigati, and from the way of working them.