- Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Infobox Region of Italy
name = Friuli-Venezia Giulia
fullname = Regione Autonoma Friuli-Venezia Giulia Regjon autonome Friûl-Vignesie Julie Avtonomna dežela Furlanija - Julijska krajina Friaul-Julisch Venetien
isocode =
capital =Trieste
status = Autonomous region
governor =Renzo Tondo ("PdL ")
zone =Northeast Italy
province = 4
municipality = 219
arearank = 17th
area = 7,856
areapercent = 2.6
population_as_of = 2007 est.
populationrank = 15th
population = 1,222,061
populationpercent = 2.0
populationdensity = 155.5Friuli-Venezia Giulia (
Friulian : "Friûl-Vignesie Julie", _de. Friaul-Julisch Venetien, _sl. Furlanija - Julijska krajina, _ve. Friul-Venezsia Jułia) is one of the twentyregions of Italy , and one of fiveautonomous regions with special statute . The capital isTrieste . It has an area of 7,856 km² and about 1.2 million inhabitants. A natural opening to the sea for manyCentral Europe an countries, the region is traversed by the major transport routes between the east and west of southern Europe.Geography
Located in northeastern
Italy , Friuli-Venezia Giulia borders the region ofVeneto to the west, the republics ofAustria andSlovenia to the north and east, and theAdriatic Sea to the south. Friuli-Venezia Giulia has an area of 7844 km² and 1.2 million inhabitants. The length of its coast is 111.7 km. Its capital isTrieste .Friuli-Venezia Giulia is divided into four provinces:
* Gorizia
* Pordenone
* Trieste
* UdineHistory
: "Main articles: History of Friuli and History of Venezia Giulia"
The name comes from the
Latin name of the town ofCividale , ancient capital of the Lombard duchy, which used to be "Forum Iulii" ("Julius' forum", named afterJulius Caesar ).This region was created afterWorld War II to solve the problem ofTrieste , which had lost its natural hinterland, that was the major part of Venezia Giulia and has been included in the then-existing country ofYugoslavia . Therefore it was decided to aggregate the historical region of Friuli to Trieste.Economy
Agricultural products include corn, grapes, sugar beet and cheese. Cattle-breeding is important. Industry is based on the shipyards of Trieste and
Monfalcone , the steel factories ofPozzuolo del Friuli , the vineyards that produce wine and grappa. Furniture production is concentrated in Manzano andBrugnera .Politics
PdL gained 53.8% of Friuli-Venezia Giulia's votes at the Italian general election in 2008. The region's local government, led by PresidentRenzo Tondo , is center-right.Demographics
Apart from Italian, the
Friulian language is spoken in most of the region — with a few exceptions, most notably Trieste; there is also a sizeable Slovenian and a small German minority.The
Slovenian language is spoken throughout theprovince of Trieste , as well as in the eastern parts of the provinces of Gorizia and Udine and in the area calledVenetian Slovenia , which comprises theResia Valley and in the upper valleys of the rivers Torre andNatisone , with many villages having both Italian and Slovenian names. The number of Slovenes in the province is estimated to be somewhere between 50 000 and 150 000 depending on the source.The number of native German speakers in Friuli-Venezia Giulia is estimated to be around 2,000. They live in the
Channel Valley (municipalities ofTarvisio ,Malborghetto Valbruna andPontebba ), which is adjacent to Austria, and in the municipality ofSauris and the "frazione" ofTimau ("Tischlbong" in the local Germanic language)(municipality ofPaluzza ), which each form a language exclave.As of 2006, the Italian national institute of statistics ISTAT estimated that 58,915 foreign-born immigrants live in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, or 4.9% of the total regional population.
Towns of Friuli-Venezia Giulia with a population of 50,000 or more:
Notable residents or natives
*
Ernesto Illy , Cavaliere del Lavoro (Knight of Industry 1994), Chairmanillycaffè S.p.A.
*Dino Zoff , football goalkeeper Italy, Juventus.
*Vladimir Bartol , writer.
*Leo Castelli , art dealer.
*Avgust Černigoj , painter.
*Max Fabiani , architect.
*Tarcisio Burgnich , footballer.
*Arturo Malignani , inventor of the incandescent light bulb.
*Claudio Magris , writer.
*Primo Carnera Boxer.
*Ermes di Colorêt (16th century)
*Saint Paulinus II , (c. 750-802), patriarch of Aquileia
*Pietro Zorutti (19th century)
*Pier Paolo Pasolini (20th century)
*Boris Pahor , writer.
*Umberto Saba , poet.
*Italo Svevo , writer.
*Carlo Michelstaedter , philosopher.
*Fabio Capello , football manager.
*Erica Ferluga , economist.
*Ludovico Manin , last Doge of Venice
*Mario Agante , poetExternal links
* [http://www.regione.fvg.it Official site of the Autonomous Region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia]
* [http://www.friuliveneziagiulia.info/index_en.asp fvg.INFO]
* [http://www.italy-weather-and-maps.com/maps/italy/friuliveneziagiulia.gifMap of Friuli-Venezia Giulia]
* [http://www.turismo.fvg.it Tourism Friuli Venezia Giulia]
* [http://www.aeroporto.fvg.it Airport of Friuli Venezia Giulia]
* [http://www.friul.net La Patrie dal Friûl]
* [http://www.osmer.fvg.it Friulian Meteorological Observatory]
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