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San Felice del Molise (also called ''Filić'' or ''Štifilić'') is a small town and ''
comune A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...
'' in the
province of Campobasso The province of Campobasso (; ) is a Provinces of Italy, province in the Molise region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Campobasso. It covers an area of and has a total population of 223,871 (2017). There are 84 ''comuni'' (: ''comune'') in ...
in the
Molise Molise ( , ; ; , ) is a Regions of Italy, region in Southern Italy. Until 1963, it formed part of the region of Abruzzi e Molise together with Abruzzo. The split, which did not become effective until 1970, makes Molise the newest region in Ital ...
region of
Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
, near the Trigno river. Like
Acquaviva Collecroce Acquaviva Collecroce (also called ''Živavoda Kruč'' or, usually, just ''Kruč'') is a small town and ''comune'' in the province of Campobasso, in the Molise region of southern Italy, between the Biferno and Trigno rivers. Like the smaller ...
and
Montemitro Montemitro (also called ''Mundimitar'') is a small town and ''comune'' in the province of Campobasso in the Molise region of Italy, near the Trigno river. Like Acquaviva Collecroce and San Felice del Molise, Montemitro is home to a community of Mo ...
, San Felice del Molise is home to a community of Molisian Croats, most of whom speak the
Slavomolisano dialect ''Slavomolisano'', also known as Molise Slavic or Molise Croatian (; ), is a variety of Shtokavian dialect, Shtokavian Croatian language, Croatian spoken by Croats of Italy, Italian Croats in three villages – Montemitro (), Acquaviva Collecro ...
as well as Italian and Molisan. Main sights include the Norman Chapel of S. Felice and the church of Santa Maria di Costantinopoli.


See also

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Molise Croats Molise Croats () or Molise Slavs () are a Croat community in the Molise province of Campobasso of Italy, which constitutes the majority in the three villages of Acquaviva Collecroce (''Kruč''), San Felice del Molise (''Filić'') and Montemitr ...


International relations

San Felice del Molise is twinned with: *
Omiš Omiš () is a town and port in the Dalmatia region of Croatia, and a municipality in the Split-Dalmatia County. The town is approximately south-east of Croatia's second largest city, Split (city), Split, where the Cetina River meets the Adriatic ...
,
Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...


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UNESCO Red Book on endangered languages and dialects: Europe

Cities and towns in Molise {{Molise-geo-stub