Montagano Explained

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.

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  1. Data from ISTAT