Provvidenti
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Provvidenti 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 20 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 150 and an area of 13.9 km².

Provvidenti borders the following municipalities: Casacalenda
Casacalenda
Casacalenda is a comune in the Province of Campobasso in the Italian region Molise, located about 25 km northeast of Campobasso...

, 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....

, 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....

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Emigration

Since the end of World War II until the late 1960s, the town's population declined considerably due to emigration. The place of choice for many of these emigrants was the Canadian city of Montreal. Montreal even has its own Provvidenti Association.
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