Montereale Valcellina | |
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| Comune di Montereale Valcellina | |
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| 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(s) | Monterealini |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 33086 |
| Dialing code | 0427 |
| Website | Official website |
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Montereale Valcellina station
Montereale Valcellina (Friulian: Montreâl) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pordenone in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, 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.
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]
References
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Istat. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
- ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Istat. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ Ginzburg, Carlo (1980). The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.