Montagano | |
Official Name: | Comune di Montagano |
Coordinates: | 41.65°N 54°W |
Region: | Molise |
Province: | Campobasso (CB) |
Mayor: | Giuseppantonio Mariano |
Area Total Km2: | 26.5 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 1082 |
Population As Of: | 31 May 2016 |
Population Demonym: | Montaganesi |
Elevation M: | 803 |
Saint: | Sant' Alessandro |
Postal Code: | 86023 |
Area Code: | 0874 |
Montagano is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Campobasso in the Italian region Molise, located about 9km (06miles) north of Campobasso. Montagano rises on one side of the Biferno river, where once stood an ancient Samnite town where inhabitants in the 4th century B.C. sided with Hannibal against Rome.
Montagano is a beautiful and quaint, white stone village surrounded by farmland that borders the following municipalities: Limosano, Matrice, Petrella Tifernina, Ripalimosani.