San Massimo 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 southwest 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 736 and an area of 27.6 km².

Geography

The municipality of San Massimo contains the 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...

(subdivision) Campitello Matese

Campitello Matese

Campitello Matese is an Italian civil parish and ski resort , part of the municipality of San Massimo in the province of Campobasso, Molise region.-History:Still 1960s Campitello had only a building used as shelter for shepherds...

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Campitello Matese is a ski resort located at 1,450 meters above sea level with 40 km of pistes.

San Massimo borders the following municipalities: 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...

, Macchiagodena

Macchiagodena

Macchiagodena is a town and comune in the province of Isernia, located high in the Apennines mountains in the region of Molise.-History:...

, Roccamandolfi

Roccamandolfi

Roccamandolfi is a comune in the Province of Isernia in the Italian region Molise, located about 25 km southwest of Campobasso and about 15 km southeast of Isernia...

, 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...

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