Capriva del Friuli

Capriva del Friuli (Slovene: Koprivno; Standard Friulian: Caprive; Southeastern Friulian: Capriva) is a comune (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Gorizia in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 40 kilometres (25 mi) northwest of Trieste and about 8 kilometres (5 mi) west of Gorizia.

Capriva del Friuli
Comune
Comune di Capriva del Friuli
Location of Capriva del Friuli
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Coordinates: 45°56′N 13°31′E
Country	Italy
Region	Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Province	Gorizia (GO)
Frazioni	Russiz, Spessa
Government
• Mayor	Daniele Sergon
Area [1]
• Total	6.2 km2 (2.4 sq mi)
Elevation	49 m (161 ft)
Population  (Dec. 2004)[2]
• Total	1,670
• Density	270/km2 (700/sq mi)
Demonym	Caprivesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	34070
Dialing code	0481
Website	Official website

Capriva del Friuli borders the following municipalities: Cormons, Moraro, Mossa, San Floriano del Collio, San Lorenzo Isontino.

The municipality is located in the hilly Collio region, noted for viticulture.

History

The area was occupied in Roman times, after which it was subsumed into Lombardy. Around the year 1000, it came under the control of the Patriarchate of Aquileia, passing to the Venetians in 1428.

In the 16th century Capriva became part of the Habsburg territories, and continued to be ruled from Vienna until after the First World War, when it was transferred to Italy.