Montereale Valcellina
Montereale Valcellina
Montreâl (Friulian) | |
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Comune di Montereale Valcellina | |
Location of Montereale Valcellina | |
Coordinates: 46°10′N 12°40′E / 46.167°N 12.667°E | |
Country | Italy |
Region | Friuli-Venezia Giulia |
Province | Pordenone (PN) |
Frazioni | Grizzo, Malnisio, San Leonardo Valcellina |
Government | |
• Mayor | Igor Alzetta |
Area | |
• Total | 67.88 km2 (26.21 sq mi) |
Elevation | 317 m (1,040 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 4,373 |
• Density | 64/km2 (170/sq mi) |
Demonym | Monterealini |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 33086 |
Dialing code | 0427 |
Website | Official website |
Montereale Valcellina (Friulian: Montreâl) is a comune (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Pordenone in the northeast Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. The comune is located about 110 kilometres (68 mi) northwest of Trieste and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of Pordenone.
Montereale Valcellina borders the following municipalities: Andreis, Aviano, Barcis, Maniago, San Quirino.
History
[edit]Montereale was the birthplace (1532) of the miller and philosopher Menocchio, whom the historian Carlo Ginzburg discussed in his now-classic work of microhistory entitled, The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller, first published in Italian in 1976 and in English in 1980.[4]
Notable people
[edit]- Tommaso Toffoli, professor at Boston University
References
[edit]- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
- ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ Ginzburg, Carlo (1980). The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.