Casacalenda

Casacalenda is a comune in the Province of Campobasso in the Italian region Molise, located about 25 kilometres northeast of Campobasso.

The Greek historian Polybius mentions a battle in 217 BC between the Roman army, based in Kalene, and Hannibal, based in Gerione. The name might have been derived from the Latin Kalendae or Kalends, the first day of the month in the Roman calendar.Among its churches is Santa Maria Maggiore.

Casacalenda borders the following municipalities: Bonefro, Guardialfiera, Larino, Lupara, Montorio nei Frentani, Morrone del Sannio, Provvidenti, Ripabottoni.