Vajont ( Western Friulian: ) is a (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Pordenone,

Friuli-Venezia Giulia Friuli-Venezia Giulia () is one of the 20 regions of Italy and one of five autonomous regions with special statute. The regional capital is Trieste on the Gulf of Trieste, a bay of the Adriatic Sea. Friuli-Venezia Giulia has an area of and a ...

, north-eastern

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History

The municipality was founded in 1971 on the municipal territory of

Maniago Maniago () is a town and (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Pordenone, in the Friuli subregion of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, north-eastern Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, ...

. It was built to rehome the people evacuated from

Erto e Casso Erto e Casso (, ) is a (municipality) in the Province of Pordenone, Regional decentralization entity of Pordenone in the Italy, Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about northwest of Pordenone. Geogra ...

after the

Vajont Dam The Vajont Dam or Vaiont Dam is a disused hydro-electric dam in northern Italy. It is one of the tallest dams in the world, with a height of . It is in the valley of the Vajont (river) under Monte Toc, in the municipality of Erto e Casso, ...

disaster of 1963.

Languages

In addition to the

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, the

Friulian Friulian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the Friuli region in northeast Italy. * Sometimes, by improper extension, something of, from, or related to the Friuli-Venezia Giulia Friuli-Venezia Giulia () is one of the 20 regions o ...

dialects Ertano and Cassano, originating from Erto e Casso, are spoken in the territory.

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Cities and towns in Friuli-Venezia Giulia Populated places established in 1971 1971 establishments in Italy {{FriuliVeneziaGiulia-geo-stub