Montereale Valcellina
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| Comune di Montereale Valcellina | |
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Location of Montereale Valcellina | |
  Montereale Valcellina Location of Montereale Valcellina in Italy  Montereale Valcellina Montereale Valcellina (Friuli-Venezia Giulia) | |
| 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 station
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
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
- Tommaso Toffoli, professor at Boston University
References
- ↑ "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.
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