San Biase is a ''
comune
The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...
'' (municipality) in the
Province of Campobasso
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in the
Italian
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region
Molise
Molise (, , ; nap, label=Neapolitan language, Neapolitan, Mulise) is a Regions of Italy, region of Southern Italy. Until 1963, it formed part of the region of Abruzzi e Molise, alongside the region of Abruzzo. The split, which did not become effe ...
, located about northwest of
Campobasso
Campobasso (, ; nap, label= Campobassan, Cambuà sce ) is a city and ''comune'' in southern Italy, the capital of the region of Molise and of the province of Campobasso. It is located in the high basin of the Biferno river, surrounded by Sann ...
.
San Biase borders the municipalities
Salcito
Salcito is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Campobasso in the Italy, Italian region Molise, located about northwest of Campobasso.
Salcito borders the following municipalities: Bagnoli del Trigno, Civitanova del Sannio, Fossalto, Pi ...
,
Sant'Angelo Limosano
Sant'Angelo Limosano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Campobasso in the Italian region Molise, located about northwest of Campobasso. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 380 and an area of .All demographics and other st ...
, and
Trivento
Trivento is a ''comune'' (municipality) and Catholic episcopal see in the Province of Campobasso in the southern Italian region Molise, located about northwest of Campobasso.
Trivento borders the following municipalities: Castelguidone, Castelm ...
.
Traditions
The principal traditions are the San Biagio feast (3 February) with the playing of the ''Morra'' and the distribution of bread to all the Inhabitants, the Santa Pia feast on 14 August, the ''Ferragosto'' festivity on 15 August and the ''Sagra delle Sagne alla Z'Flmen'' on 16 August.
Formerly the four quarters (Rioni) challenged themselves in the "Palio dei Rioni" and "Palio degli Asini" (donkey race around the football pitch) games, but they are currently not organized because of economic problems.
San Biase had a strong negative migration from 1950s to 1970s/1980s and now there are very few young people in the village, but the families of the people who migrated return to the village in Summer, especially in August.
See also
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Molise Croats
Molise Croats ( hr, MoliÅ¡ki Hrvati) or Molise Slavs ( it, Slavo-molisani, Slavi del Molise) are a Croat community in the Molise province of Campobasso of Italy, which constitutes the majority in the three villages of Acquaviva Collecroce (''KruÄ ...
References
Cities and towns in Molise
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