Campobasso
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Campobasso (IPA: [kampoˈbasso] ( listen); Campobassan dialect Cambuàsce, IPA: [kambuˈwaʃʃə]) is a ceety an comune in soothren Italy, the caipital o the Molise region an o the province o Campobasso. It is locatit in the heich basin o the Biferno river, surroondit bi the Sannio an Matese muntains.
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Campobasso | |
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Comune di Campobasso | |
Coordinates: 41°34′N 14°40′E | |
Kintra | Italy |
Region | Molise |
Province | Campobasso (CB) |
Frazioni | Santo Stefano |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Luigi Di Bartolomeo (syne 7 Juin 2009) (The Fowk o Freedom) |
Area | |
• Total | 55 km2 (21 sq mi) |
Elevation | 701 m (2,300 ft) |
Population (November, 2008) | |
• Total | 51,255 |
• Density | 930/km2 (2,400/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | Campobassani |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 86100 |
Diallin code | 0874 |
Patron saunt | St. George |
Saunt day | April 23 |
Website | Offeecial wabsteid |
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Campobasso is renouned for the craftmanship o blades (includin scissors an knives), a fact well documentit syne the 14t century. It is an aa famous for the production o peirs an scamorza (cheese). The ceety is the hame o the University o Molise an o the Airchdiocese o Campobasso-Boiano.