Monrupino ( sl, Repentabor) is a ''

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'' (municipality) in the

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in the

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region

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, located about north of

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, on the border with

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. , it had a population of 848 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute

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. According to the 1971 census, 77.3% of the population are

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. The municipality of Monrupino 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) Fernetti, Zolla, Rupingrande.
Statute of the Monrupino-Repentabor municipality (in Italian and Slovenian)
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Fernetti Monrupino ( sl, Repentabor) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Trieste in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about north of Trieste, on the border with Slovenia. , it had a population of 848 and an area of .All demo ...

( Fernetiči). Monrupino borders the following municipalities:

Sgonico Sgonico ( sl, Zgonik; Triestine: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Trieste in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste, on the border with Slovenia. , it had a population of 2,130 and an area ...

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(Slovenia).

Demographic evolution

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Politics

Traditionally, Monrupino has been a left-leaning municipality. In the 1950s and 1960s, it was part of the so-called "red belt" around Trieste: that is, of those municipalities around the city dominated by the Communist Party. In June 1949, in the first municipal elections in the

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, the

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-led

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won 97% of the votes. The election result was heralded by the

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as a victory for the Communist Party. Since the 1970s, the centrist party of the Slovene minority in Italy, the

Slovene Union The Slovene Union ( sl, Slovenska skupnost, SSk, it, Unione Slovena, US) is a political party in Italy representing the Slovene minority in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region. Its Slovenian language name means literally "Slovene Community", but th ...

, started gaining support. In the last few decades, the Slovene Union and the Italian leftist party (the

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, before the

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and before them the

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) alternate in power. Currently, the municipality is led by a mayor of the Slovene Union, which is also the largest party in the Municipal Council (with around 45% of votes).

Demographic evolution

Politics

References

See also