San Pietro Avellana

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San Pietro Avellana

Country	Italy
Region	Molise
Province	Province of Isernia (IS)
Mayor

Elevation	960 m
Area	45.0 km²
Population
- Total (as of Dec. 2004)	630
- Density	14/km²
Time zone	CET, UTC+1
Coordinates	41°47′N, 14°10′E
Gentilic	sampietresi
Dialing code	0865
Postal code	86088
Frazioni	Masserie di Cristo


Location of San Pietro Avellana in Italy
Website: www.comune.sanpietroavellana.is.it/

San Pietro Avellana is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Isernia in the Italian region Molise, located about 50 km northwest of Campobasso and about 20 km north of Isernia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 630 and an area of 45.0 km².^[1]

The municipality of San Pietro Avellana contains the frazione (subdivision) Masserie di Cristo.

San Pietro Avellana borders the following municipalities: Ateleta, Capracotta, Castel del Giudice, Castel di Sangro, Roccaraso, Vastogirardi.

Many decendants of the original San Pietro Avellana, a village with a population well over 2,000, live in the Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and Youngstown areas. Yet, they have been spread out all across the globe; from Rock Springs, WY to Argentina, to Northern New Jersey, and back to Northern Italy's Industrial Triangle.

The patron saint of San Pietro Avellana is Sant'Amico (Saint Amico/Saint Friend), a saint whose remains still rest on a local hillside, nestled in the woods, overlooking the village where he worked. The shrine of Sant'Amico is referred to as Il Bosco di Sant'Amico.

San Pietro Avellana has a soccer team called "ASD San Pietro Avellana" [ http://www.sanpietroavellanacalcio.it ].

In dialetto sampietrese, Saint Amico is called, Sand'Amig'.