Frazione

In Italian, frazione (plural: frazioni) is the name for a village or hamlet, which is part of a bigger comune. Very often, frazioni have some infrastructure, such as a school, a post office or a church. Many frazioni used to be independent comuni in the past, but over time, several have merged to bigger ones.

Picture of a Frazione (Tassignano, part of Capannori)

In other countries

The name is also used in the Swiss canton Ticino, which is Italian-speaking.

In San Marino, frazioni are called curazie.