Zoppola
Municipality in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Zoppola (Standard Friulian: Çopule, Western Friulian: Sopula) is a comune (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Pordenone in Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 90 kilometres (56 miles) northwest of Trieste and about 9 kilometres (6 miles) east of Pordenone.
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Zoppola
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Comune di Zoppola | |
Coordinates: 45°58′N 12°46′E | |
Country | Italy |
Region | Friuli-Venezia Giulia |
Province | Pordenone (PN) |
Frazioni | Castions, Cusano, Murlis, Orcenico Inferiore, Orcenico Superiore, Ovoledo, Poincicco |
Government | |
• Mayor | Francesca Papais |
Area | |
• Total | 45.4 km2 (17.5 sq mi) |
Elevation | 36 m (118 ft) |
Population (31 December 2015)[2] | |
• Total | 8,572 |
• Density | 190/km2 (490/sq mi) |
Demonym | Zoppolani |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 33080 |
Dialing code | 0434 |
Patron saint | Saint Martin |
Saint day | November 11 |
Website | Official website |
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The Italian poet Pier Paolo Pasolini wrote a poem called Le gioie di Orcenico ("The joys of Orcenico"); he had lived in Casarsa della Delizia, not far from Zoppola's frazione (borough) of Orcenico, from 1943 to 1949.