Zoppola

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.

Zoppola Sopula (Friulian)
Comune
Comune di Zoppola
Town hall.
Coat of arms
Location of Zoppola
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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 [1]
• Total	45.4 km2 (17.5 sq mi)
Elevation	36 m (118 ft)
Population  (April 2022)[2]
• Total	8,297
• Density	180/km2 (470/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

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.

Main sights

• Castello di Zoppola, owned by the patriarch of Aquileia and Cardinal Antonio Panciera. The inner court has frescoes by Pomponio Amalteo
• San Martino church
• San Michele, church in the frazione of Ovoledo, with 16th-century frescoes and paintings
• Sant'Andrea church at Castions, with two canvases by Amalteo and one by Antonio Carneo

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Italy

Zoppola is twinned with:

• Tonneins, France, since 1981
• Sankt Georgen am Längsee, Austria, since 1996

People

• Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini