Poggio Sannita

Poggio Sannita
Country	Italy
region	Molise
province	Isernia  (IS)
Coordinates	41 ° 47 '  N , 14 ° 25'  E Coordinates: 41 ° 46 '50 "  N , 14 ° 24' 53"  E
height	705  m slm
surface	21.76 km²
Residents	618 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	28 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	86086
prefix	0865
ISTAT number	094037
Popular name	Poggesi
Patron saint	Prosperus (August 21)
Website	Poggio Sannita

Poggio Sannita (in the local dialect: Caccavòn ) is an Italian municipality ( comune ) with 618 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Isernia in Molise . The municipality is located about 25.5 kilometers northeast of Isernia , belongs to the Comunità Montana Alto Molise and borders directly on the provinces of Campobasso and Chieti ( Abruzzo ).

history

The early settlement in pre-Roman times is assigned to a sub-tribe of the Samnites , the Carakians . In the Middle Ages there were then several Saracen invasions . The place is first mentioned in a document in 740. Until 1922 the place was still called Caccavone .

Web links

Commons : Poggio Sannita  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.