Fiume Veneto

Comune in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy

Coat of arms

Location of Fiume Veneto

45°56′N 12°44′E / 45.933°N 12.733°E / 45.933; 12.733CountryItalyRegionFriuli-Venezia GiuliaProvincePordenone (PN)FrazioniCimpello, Pescincanna, Bannia, PraturloneGovernment

• MayorJessica CantonArea

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• Total35.8 km² (13.8 sq mi)Elevation

20 m (70 ft)Population

(31 December 2012)^[2]

• Total11,716 • Density330/km² (850/sq mi)DemonymFiumaniTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

33080

Dialing code0434Patron saintSt. Nicholas of BairWebsiteOfficial website

Fiume Veneto (Venetian: Fiume; standard Friulian: Vile di Flum; Western Friulian: Flum or Vildiflùm) is a comune (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Pordenone, in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 90 kilometres (56 miles) northwest of Trieste and about 7 kilometres (4 mi) southeast of Pordenone.

Fiume Veneto borders the following municipalities: Azzano Decimo, Casarsa della Delizia, Chions, Pordenone, San Vito al Tagliamento, Zoppola.

International relations

Twin towns — sister cities

Fiume Veneto is twinned with:

Sirnitz, Austria, since 5 September 1993
Hude, Germany, since 6 July 2002
Castelsarrasin, France, since 22 September 2007

People

Federico Barbaro (1913–1996), Italian missionary in Japan, teacher, translator and essayist

References

^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.