comune
The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces ('' province''). The can ...
'' (municipality) in the
Province of Isernia
The province of Isernia ( it, provincia di Isernia) is a province in the region of Molise in Italy. The provincial capital is the city Isernia and the president of the province is Alfredo Ricci. The province of Isernia has an area of and a pop ...
in the
Italian
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Campobasso
Campobasso (, ; nap, label= Campobassan, Cambuàsce ) is a city and ''comune'' in southern Italy, the capital of the region of Molise and of the province of Campobasso. It is located in the high basin of the Biferno river, surrounded by Sann ...
and about southwest of
Isernia
Isernia () or, in Pliny and later writers, ''Eserninus'', or in the Antonine Itinerary, ''Serni''. is a town and ''comune'' in the southern Italian region of Molise, and the capital of province of Isernia.
Geography
Situated on a rocky crest ...
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The town's name derives from the ancient one of the river
Volturno
The Volturno (ancient Latin name Volturnus, from ''volvere'', to roll) is a river in south-central Italy.
Geography
It rises in the Abruzzese central Apennines of Samnium near Castel San Vincenzo ( province of Isernia, Molise) and flows sou ...
, ''Olotrunus''. Sights include the Pignatelli Castle, built by the Lomards in the 9th century and later enlarged under the D'Evoli family.
Monteroduni borders the following municipalities:
Capriati a Volturno
Capriati a Volturno is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about north of Naples and about northwest of Caserta.
Capriati a Volturno borders the following municipalities: Ciorlano, Fonte ...
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Colli a Volturno
Colli a Volturno is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Isernia in the Italian region Molise, located about west of Campobasso and about west of Isernia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,377 and an area of .All demog ...
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Gallo Matese
Gallo Matese (Molisano: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located in a valley near the Matese Apennines chain and the boundary with Molise, about north of Naples and about north of Caserta ...
Montaquila
Montaquila is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Isernia, in the Molise region of southern Italy
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Pozzilli
Pozzilli is an Italian '' comune'' (municipality) of the Province of Isernia, in the region Molise, located about west of Campobasso and about southwest of Isernia.
Geography
Pozzilli is located on a valley below the Mainarde mountain range ...