Chions (
Western Friulian: ) is a ''
comune
The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...
'' (municipality) in the
Province of Pordenone
The province of Pordenone ( it, provincia di Pordenone; ; vec, provincia de Pordenon) was a province in the autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia in Italy. Its capital was the city of Pordenone. The province was subdivided from the province ...
in the
Italian region
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
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, located about northwest of
Trieste
Trieste ( , ; sl, Trst ; german: Triest ) is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is the capital city, and largest city, of the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, one of two autonomous regions which are not subdivided into provi ...
and about southeast of
Pordenone
Pordenone (; Venetian and fur, Pordenon) is the main ''comune'' of Pordenone province of northeast Italy in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region.
The name comes from Latin ''Portus Naonis'', meaning 'port on the Noncello (Latin ''Naon'') River'.
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. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 4,896 and an area of .
[All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute ]Istat
The Italian National Institute of Statistics ( it, Istituto nazionale di statistica; Istat) is the main producer of official statistics in Italy. Its activities include the census of population, economic censuses and a number of social, economic ...
.
The municipality of Chions contains the ''
frazioni
A ''frazione'' (plural: ) is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' (municipality) in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist Italy (1922–1943), Fascist era (1922–1943) as ...
'' (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Basedo, Taiedo, Villotta, and Torrate.
Chions borders the following municipalities:
Azzano Decimo
Azzano Decimo ( Western Friulian: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pordenone in the Italian region Friuli Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about southeast of Pordenone. As of 31 December 2004, it had a pop ...
,
Cinto Caomaggiore
Cinto Caomaggiore is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Venice, Veneto, Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of ...
,
Fiume Veneto
Fiume Veneto ( vec, Fiume; Standard Friulian: ;
Western Friulian: or ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pordenone in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about southeast of Pordenone ...
,
Pramaggiore
Pramaggiore is a town in the Metropolitan City of Venice, Veneto, Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, ...
,
Pravisdomini
Pravisdomini is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pordenone in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about west of Trieste and about south of Pordenone.
Pravisdomini borders the following municipalities: Annone Veneto, ...
,
San Vito al Tagliamento,
Sesto al Reghena
Sesto al Reghena ( fur, Siest) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pordenone in the Italy, Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located in the lower Friulian-Venetian plain about northwest of Trieste and about southeast of Pordeno ...
.
Demographic evolution
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Twin towns
Chions is
twinned with:
*
Luisant
Luisant () is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France.
Population
Twin towns
Luisant is twinned with:
* Hochstadt, Germany, since 1974
* Villanueva del Pardillo, Spain, since 2002
* Chions, Italy, since 2002
See ...
, France
*
Villanueva del Pardillo
Villanueva del Pardillo is a municipality of the Community of Madrid
The Community of Madrid (; es, Comunidad de Madrid ) is one of the seventeen autonomous communities of Spain. It is located in the centre of the Iberian Peninsula, and of ...
, Spain
References
External links
www.comune.chions.pn.it/
Cities and towns in Friuli-Venezia Giulia
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