Confine is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

(''curazia'') located in

San Marino San Marino (, ), officially the Republic of San Marino ( it, Repubblica di San Marino; ), also known as the Most Serene Republic of San Marino ( it, Serenissima Repubblica di San Marino, links=no), is the fifth-smallest country in the world an ...

. It belongs to the municipality ('' castello'') of

Chiesanuova Chiesanuova ( rgn, Cisanòva) is a minor municipality of San Marino. It has a population of 1,143 inhabitants (May 2018) in an area of 5.46 km2. Etymology From Italian ''chiesa'' ("church") + ''nuova'', feminine singular of ''nuovo'' ("new" ...

. Its name, in Italian, means "

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Geography

The village is situated in the southern corner of the state, close to the borders with

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

and the municipalities of

San Leo San Leo ( rgn, San Lé) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rimini in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southeast of Bologna and about southwest of Rimini. Geography San Leo borders the following municipalities ...

and

Verucchio Verucchio ( rgn, Vròcc) is a '' comune ''in the province of Rimini, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. It has a population of about 9,300 and is from Rimini, on a spur overlooking the valley of the Marecchia river. History Traces of a 12th- ...

.Verucchio has a southern

exclave An enclave is a territory (or a small territory apart of a larger one) that is entirely surrounded by the territory of one other state or entity. Enclaves may also exist within territorial waters. ''Enclave'' is sometimes used improperly to deno ...

bordering with San Leo and the Republic of San Marino It is one of the southernmost villages of San Marino.

Geography

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