Campitello Matese
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Region Regions of Italy The regions of Italy are the first-level administrative divisions of the state, constituting its first NUTS administrative level. There are twenty regions, of which five are constitutionally given a broader amount of autonomy granted by special statutes.... :	Molise Molise Molise is a region of Southern Italy, the second smallest of the regions. It was formerly part of the region of Abruzzi e Molise and now a separate entity...
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Municipality Comune In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:... :	San Massimo San Massimo San Massimo is a comune in the Province of Campobasso in the Italian region Molise, located about 25 km southwest of Campobasso...
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Postal code:	86027
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Campitello Matese is an Italian

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 civil parish (frazione

Frazione

A frazione , in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other administrative divisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere...

) and ski resort

Ski resort

A ski resort is a resort developed for skiing and other winter sports. In Europe a ski resort is a town or village in a ski area - a mountainous area, where there are ski trails and supporting services such as hotels and other accommodation, restaurants, equipment rental and a ski lift system...

 , part of the municipality of San Massimo

San Massimo

San Massimo is a comune in the Province of Campobasso in the Italian region Molise, located about 25 km southwest of Campobasso...

 in the province of Campobasso

Province of Campobasso

The Province of Campobasso is a province in the Molise region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Campobasso.It has an area of 2,909 km², and a total population of 230,692...

, Molise

Molise

Molise is a region of Southern Italy, the second smallest of the regions. It was formerly part of the region of Abruzzi e Molise and now a separate entity...

 region.

History

Still 1960s

1960s

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 Campitello had only a building used as shelter

Animal shelter

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 for shepherd

Shepherd

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s. In the 1970s

1970s

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 it started the realization of the first plants to transform it in a ski resort.

Geography

Campitello lies nearby Miletto mountain, part of the Matese

Matese

The Matese is a chain of mountains in central Italy, central-southern Apennines.-Geography:...

 mountain range, close to the borders of Molise with Campania

Campania

Campania is a region in southern Italy. The region has a population of around 5.8 million people, making it the second-most-populous region of Italy; its total area of 13,590 km² makes it the most densely populated region in the country...

. Nearest municipalities are San Massimo, Bojano

Bojano

Bojano or Boiano is a town and comune in the province of Campobasso, Molise, south central Italy.-History:Originally named Bovianum, it was settled by the 7th century BC. As the capital of the Pentri, a tribe of the Samnites, it played a major role in the Samnite Wars, as well as in the Social War,...

, Cantalupo nel Sannio

Cantalupo nel Sannio

Cantalupo nel Sannio is a town and comune in the province of Isernia, in the Molise region of southern Italy.The town was known simply as Cantalupo until February 4, 1864, when the denomination nel Sannio was added in order to differentiate it from other villages with the same name...

 and San Gregorio Matese

San Gregorio Matese

San Gregorio Matese is a comune in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about 60 km north of Naples and about 35 km north of Caserta...

 (CE

Province of Caserta

The Province of Caserta is a province in the Campania region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Caserta. The former royal palace of Caserta is located near to the city.It has an area of 2,639 km², and a total population of 879,342...

, at the southest side of the mountains.

Tourism and sport

As ski area, Campitello is strongly receptive for Tourism

Tourism

Tourism is travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes".Tourism has become a...

, especially during winter

Winter

Winter is the coldest season of the year in temperate climates, between autumn and spring. At the winter solstice, the days are shortest and the nights are longest, with days lengthening as the season progresses after the solstice.-Meteorology:...

. The resort has got 2 chairlift

Chairlift

An elevated passenger ropeway, or chairlift, is a type of aerial lift, which consists of a continuously circulating steel cable loop strung between two end terminals and usually over intermediate towers, carrying a series of chairs...

s and 7 ski plants for a total length of 40 km
In 2002, the village was the arrival of the 11th stage (Benevento

Benevento

Benevento is a town and comune of Campania, Italy, capital of the province of Benevento, 50 km northeast of Naples. It is situated on a hill 130 m above sea-level at the confluence of the Calore Irpino and Sabato...

-Campitello Matese) of the Giro d'Italia

2002 Giro d'Italia

The 2002 Giro d'Italia of cycling, the 85th running of the race, was held from 11 May to 2 June 2002. It consisted of a prologue in Groningen plus 20 stages with two rest days, for a total of 3,354 km, ridden at an average speed of 37.567 km/h. It was won by the Italian Paolo...

.

See also

• List of ski areas and resorts in Italy

External links

Campitello Matese network Campitello Matese ScpA