Sessano del Molise 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 Isernia
The province of Isernia ( it, provincia di Isernia) is a province in the region of Molise in Italy. The provincial capital is the city Isernia and the president of the province is Alfredo Ricci. The province of Isernia has an area of and a popul ...
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, Cambuàsce ) 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 ...
and about northeast of
Isernia
Isernia () or, in Pliny and later writers, ''Eserninus'', or in the Antonine Itinerary, ''Serni''. is a town and ''comune'' in the southern Italian region of Molise, and the capital of province of Isernia.
Geography
Situated on a rocky crest ri ...
. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 871 and an area of .
[All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute ]Istat
The Italian National Institute of Statistics ( it, Istituto nazionale di statistica; Istat) is the main producer of official statistics in Italy. Its activities include the census of population, economic censuses and a number of social, economic ...
.
Sessano del Molise borders the following municipalities:
Carpinone
Carpinone is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Isernia in the Italian region Molise, located about west of Campobasso and about east of Isernia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,273 and an area of .All demographics an ...
,
Chiauci
Chiauci is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Isernia in the Italian region Molise, located about northwest of Campobasso and about northeast of Isernia.
Chiauci borders the following municipalities: Civitanova del Sannio
Civitanova ...
,
Civitanova del Sannio
Civitanova del Sannio is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Isernia in the Italian region Molise, located about northwest of Campobasso and about northeast of Isernia.
Geography
Civitanova del Sannio borders the following municipalit ...
,
Frosolone
Frosolone is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Isernia in the Italian region Molise, located about west of Campobasso and about east of Isernia. Frosolone is known historically for the production of blades, including knives and sci ...
,
Miranda,
Pesche
Pesche is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Isernia in the Italian region Molise, located about west of Campobasso and about northeast of Isernia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,459 and an area of .All demographics ...
,
Pescolanciano
Pescolanciano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Isernia in the Italian region Molise, located about northwest of Campobasso and about northeast of Isernia.
Pescolanciano borders the following municipalities: Agnone, Carovilli, Ch ...
.
Demographic evolution
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People
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Carmine Pecorelli
Carmine "Mino" Pecorelli (; 14 September 1928 – 20 March 1979) was an Italian journalist, shot dead in Rome a year after former prime minister Aldo Moro's 1978 kidnapping and subsequent killing. He was described as a "maverick journalist wit ...
References
Cities and towns in Molise
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