Casacalenda is a comune

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:...

(municipality) 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...

 in the 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...

 region 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...

, located about 25 km northeast of Campobasso

Campobasso

-Main sights:The main attraction of Campobasso is the Castello Monforte, built in 1450 by the local ruler Nicola II Monforte, over Lombard or Norman ruins. The castle has Guelph merlons and stands on a commanding point, where traces of ancient settlements have been found...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,367 and an area of 67.0 km².

Greek historian Polibios Polibio mentions a battle in 217 BC between the Roman army, based in Kalene, and Hannibal based in Gerione (now a hamlet of Casacalenda). The name might have been derived from the Latin Kalendae, the first day of the month in the Roman calendar.

Casacalenda borders the following municipalities: Bonefro

Bonefro

Bonefro is a comune in the Province of Campobasso in the Italian region Molise, located about 25 km northeast of Campobasso...

, Guardialfiera

Guardialfiera

Guardialfiera is a comune in the Province of Campobasso in the Italian region Molise, located about 30 km northeast of Campobasso. It sits on a hilltop overlooking Lake Guardialfiera, which was created as a result of the damming of the Biferno river...

, Larino

Larino

Larino is a town and comune of approximately 8,200 inhabitants in Molise, province of Campobasso, southern Italy. It is located in the fertile valley of the Biferno River....

, Lupara

Lupara (commune)

Lupara is a comune in the Province of Campobasso in the Italian region Molise, located about 25 km north of Campobasso....

, Montorio nei Frentani

Montorio nei Frentani

Montorio nei Frentani is a small town and comune in the province of Campobasso , in Southern Italy.-References:Montorio has one of the most amazing dialects in the Italian language....

, Morrone del Sannio

Morrone del Sannio

Morrone del Sannio is a comune in the Province of Campobasso in the Italian region Molise, located about 20 km northeast of Campobasso....

, Provvidenti

Provvidenti

Provvidenti is a comune in the Province of Campobasso in the Italian region Molise, located about 20 km northeast of Campobasso...

, Ripabottoni

Ripabottoni

Ripabottoni is a comune in the Province of Campobasso in the Italian region Molise, located about 20 km northeast of Campobasso. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 644 and an area of 31.9 km²....

.

Emigration

Since the end of World War II until the 1970s, the town's population declined considerably due to emigration. The places of choice for these emigrants were the Canadian cities of Hamilton

Hamilton, Ontario

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, Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

 and Toronto

Toronto

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. Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

 even has its own Casacalenda Association. Duncan B.C. also has a sizeable community per its population.

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...

also has a large population of citizens from Casacalenda.

External links

• Italy Revisited (photo archives)

http://www.google.ca/search?q=casacalenda&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=Nx9&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=ivlnm&source=univ&tbs=vid:1&tbo=u&ei=TEBbTMfdOcP88AbX1626Ag&sa=X&oi=video_result_group&ct=title&resnum=9&ved=0CDoQqwQwCA

Picture tour of Casacalenda by Joseph A. Vincelli with the music of Francesco Napoli the Italian Melody Balla Balla