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'''Friuli-Venezia Giulia''' ([[Friulian]]: ''Friûl-Vignesie Julie'', is one of the twenty [[regions of Italy]], and one of five [[autonomous regions with special statute]]. The capital is [[Trieste]]. It has an area of 7,856 km² and about 1.2 million inhabitants. A natural opening to the sea for many [[Central Europe]]an countries, the region is traversed by the major transport routes between the east and west of southern Europe. It encompasses two historical regions, each own with its distinct identity: [[Friuli]] and [[Venezia Giulia]].
 
'''Friuli-Venezia Giulia''' ([[Friulian]]: ''Friûl-Vignesie Julie'', is one of the twenty [[regions of Italy]], and one of five [[autonomous regions with special statute]]. The capital is [[Trieste]]. It has an area of 7,856 km² and about 1.2 million inhabitants. A natural opening to the sea for many [[Central Europe]]an countries, the region is traversed by the major transport routes between the east and west of southern Europe. It encompasses two historical regions, each own with its distinct identity: [[Friuli]] and [[Venezia Giulia]].

Revision as of 12:21, 25 March 2009

Friuli-Venezia Giulia-Flag.png
Friuli-Venezia Giulia'
Region coa Friuli-Venezia Giulia-coat-of-arms.jpg
Map Italy Regions Friuli-Venezia Giulia Map.png
Capital Trieste
Area 7856
Area source
Area rank 17th
Area percent 2.6
Population 1222061
Pop rank 15th
Pop percent 2.0
Pop ref
Pop date 2007-12-31
GDP 34.3
GDP year 2006
GDP percent
Website www.regione.fvg.it
Leader title
Leader Renzo Tondo
Leader party PdL
NUTS ITD


Friuli-Venezia Giulia (Friulian: Friûl-Vignesie Julie, is one of the twenty regions of Italy, and one of five autonomous regions with special statute. The capital is Trieste. It has an area of 7,856 km² and about 1.2 million inhabitants. A natural opening to the sea for many Central European countries, the region is traversed by the major transport routes between the east and west of southern Europe. It encompasses two historical regions, each own with its distinct identity: Friuli and Venezia Giulia.

Geography

Located in northeastern Italy, Friuli-Venezia Giulia borders the region of Veneto to the west, the republics of Austria and Slovenia to the north and east, and the Adriatic 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 is Trieste.

Friuli-Venezia Giulia is divided into four provinces:

Provinces of Friuli-Venezia Giulia

History

Main articles: History of Friuli and History of Venezia Giulia

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The name comes from the Latin name of the town of Cividale, ancient capital of the Lombard duchy, which used to be "Forum Iulii" ("Julius' forum", named after Julius Caesar). This region was created after World War II to solve the problem of Trieste, which had lost its natural hinterland, that was the major part of Venezia Giulia and has been included in the then-existing country of Yugoslavia. Therefore it was decided to aggregate the historical region of Friuli to Trieste.

Economy

Template:Rellink 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 of Pozzuolo del Friuli, the vineyards that produce wine and grappa. Furniture production is concentrated in Manzano and Brugnera.

Politics

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PdL gained 53.8% of Friuli-Venezia Giulia's votes at the Italian general election in 2008. The region's local government, led by President Renzo 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 the province of Trieste, as well as in the eastern parts of the provinces of Gorizia and Udine and in the area called Venetian Slovenia, which comprises the Resia Valley and in the upper valleys of the rivers Torre and Natisone, with many villages having both Italian and Slovenian names. The number of Slovenes in the region is 61 000.

The number of native German speakers in Friuli-Venezia Giulia is estimated to be around 2,000. They live in the Val Canale (municipalities of Tarvisio, Malborghetto Valbruna and Pontebba), which is adjacent to Austria, and in the municipality of Sauris and the frazione of Timau (Tischlbong in the local Germanic language) (municipality of Paluzza), 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:

Comune Population
(2006 estimate)
Trieste 206,058
Udine 96,678
Pordenone 50,926

Notable residents or natives

External links


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Abruzzo • Aosta Valley • Apulia • Basilicata • Calabria • Campania • Emilia-Romagna • Friuli-Venezia Giulia • Lazio • Liguria • Lombardy • Marche • Molise • Piedmont • Sardinia • Sicily • Trentino-South Tyrol • Tuscany • Umbria • Veneto
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