Meduno ( fur, Midun) 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
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* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance language
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region
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
(man), it, Friulana (woman), it, Giuliano (man), it, Giuliana (woman)
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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 northeast 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 1,737 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 Meduno contains the ''
frazione
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 era (1922–1943) as a way to consolidate territ ...
'' (subdivision) Navarons.
Meduno borders the following municipalities:
Cavasso Nuovo
Cavasso Nuovo ( fur, Cjavàs) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pordenone in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about northeast of Pordenone.
Cavasso Nuovo borders the following m ...
,
Frisanco
Frisanco ( fur, Frisanc) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Pordenone, in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region (north-eastern Italy).
History
As early as 1492 a church stood in the center of the village.
A fire swept through the mountain vil ...
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Sequals,
Tramonti di Sopra
Tramonti di Sopra ( fur, Tramonç Disore, local variant ''Vildisora'') is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pordenone in the Italian autonomous region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about northeast of ...
,
Tramonti di Sotto
Tramonti di Sotto ( fur, Tramonç Disot, local variant ''Vildisot'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pordenone, in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. It is located about northwest of Trieste and about northeast of Pord ...
,
Travesio
Travesio ( fur, Travês) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pordenone in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about northeast of Pordenone. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of ...
.
The Italian-American sculptor
Luigi Del Bianco
Luigi Del Bianco (May 8, 1892 - January 20, 1969) was an Italian-American sculpture, sculptor, and chief carver of Mount Rushmore.
Early life and education
Bianco was born on a ship near Le Havre, France, on May 8, 1892, to Vincenzo and Osvalda ...
, the chief carver of
Mount Rushmore
Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a national memorial centered on a colossal sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore (Lakota: ''Tȟuŋkášila Šákpe'', or Six Grandfathers) in the Black Hills near Keystone, South Dakot ...
, spent his youth in Meduno.
Demographic evolution
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References
Cities and towns in Friuli-Venezia Giulia
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