Zoppola (Standard Friulian: Çopule; Western Friulian: Sopula) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pordenone in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 90 kilometres (56 miles) northwest of Trieste and about 9 kilometres (6 miles) east of Pordenone.
Zoppola | |
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| Comune di Zoppola | |
 Town hall. | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Zoppola  | |
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| Coordinates: 45°58′N 12°46′E / 45.967°N 12.767°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Friuli-Venezia Giulia |
| Province | Pordenone (PN) |
| Frazioni | Castions, Cusano, Murlis, Orcenico Inferiore, Orcenico Superiore, Ovoledo, Poincicco |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Francesca Papais |
| Area | |
| • Total | 45.4 km2 (17.5 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 36 m (118 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2015)[2] | |
| • Total | 8,572 |
| • Density | 190/km2 (490/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Zoppolani |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 33080 |
| Dialing code | 0434 |
| Patron saint | Saint Martin |
| Saint day | November 11 |
| Website | Official website |
The Italian poet Pier Paolo Pasolini wrote a poem called Le gioie di Orcenico ("The joys of Orcenico"), since he lived in Casarsa della Delizia, not far from Zoppola's frazione (hamlet) of Orcenico from 1943 to 1949.
Main sightsEdit
- Castello di Zoppola, owned by the patriarch of Aquileia and Cardinal Antonio Panciera. The inner court has frescoes by Pomponio Amalteo
- San Martino church
- San Michele, church in the frazione of Ovoledo, with 16th-century frescoes and paintings
- Sant'Andrea church at Castions, with two canvases by Amalteo and one by Antonio Carneo
International relationsEdit
Zoppola is twinned with:
Tonneins, France, since 1981
Sankt Georgen am Längsee, Austria, since 1996
PeopleEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ Population data from Istat
External linksEdit
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