Aiello del Friuli ( fur, Daèl) 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

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region

Friuli-Venezia Giulia (man), it, Friulana (woman), it, Giuliano (man), it, Giuliana (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = , demographics1_footnotes = , demographics1_t ...

, 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

Udine Udine ( , ; fur, Udin; la, Utinum) is a city and ''comune'' in north-eastern Italy, in the middle of the Friuli Venezia Giulia region, between the Adriatic Sea and the Alps (''Alpi Carniche''). Its population was 100,514 in 2012, 176,000 with t ...

Aiello del Friuli borders the following municipalities:

Bagnaria Arsa Bagnaria Arsa ( fur, Bagnarie) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about south of Udine. The municipality of Bagnaria Arsa is formed by the ''frazioni'' (subdivisio ...

Campolongo al Torre Campolongo al Torre ( fur, Cjamplunc) is a former ''comune'' of the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 40 km northwest of Trieste and about 25 km southeast of Udine. Since 2009 it has been one of ...

Cervignano del Friuli Cervignano del Friuli ( fur, Çarvignan or locally , lat, Cervenianum) is a ''comune'' in the province of Udine, Italy. It is the most important town of Bassa Friulana. It lies at about from the Laguna di Grado and at about from the Adriatic Se ...

, Ruda,

San Vito al Torre San Vito al Torre ( sl, Šentvid na Teru; fur, San Vît de Tor) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about southeast of Udine. San Vito al Torre borders the follow ...

, Visco. Joannis is the birthplace of

Enzo Bearzot Enzo Bearzot (; 26 September 1927 – 21 December 2010) was an Italian professional football player and manager. A defender and midfielder, he led the Italy national team to victory in the 1982 FIFA World Cup. Nicknamed ''Vecio'' (standard I ...

, former

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player and manager, who won the

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as coach.

References

External links

Official website

http://www.ilpaesedellemeridiane.com
Cities and towns in Friuli-Venezia Giulia Articles which contain graphical timelines {{FriuliVeneziaGiulia-geo-stub