Montereale Valcellina (Friulian: Montreâl) is a comune (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Pordenone in the northeast Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. The comune is located about 110 kilometres (68 mi) northwest of Trieste and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of Pordenone.

Montereale Valcellina
Montreâl (Friulian)
Comune di Montereale Valcellina
Coat of arms of Montereale Valcellina
Location of Montereale Valcellina
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Montereale Valcellina is located in Italy
Montereale Valcellina
Montereale Valcellina
Location of Montereale Valcellina in Italy
Montereale Valcellina is located in Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Montereale Valcellina
Montereale Valcellina
Montereale Valcellina (Friuli-Venezia Giulia)
Coordinates: 46°10′N 12°40′E / 46.167°N 12.667°E / 46.167; 12.667
CountryItaly
RegionFriuli-Venezia Giulia
ProvincePordenone (PN)
FrazioniGrizzo, Malnisio, San Leonardo Valcellina
Government
 • MayorIgor Alzetta
Area
 • Total
67.88 km2 (26.21 sq mi)
Elevation
317 m (1,040 ft)
Population
 (30 November 2017[2])[3]
 • Total
4,373
 • Density64/km2 (170/sq mi)
DemonymMonterealini
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
33086
Dialing code0427
WebsiteOfficial website
Montereale Valcellina station

Montereale Valcellina borders the following municipalities: Andreis, Aviano, Barcis, Maniago, San Quirino.

History

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Montereale was the birthplace (1532) of the miller and philosopher Menocchio, whom the historian Carlo Ginzburg discussed in his now-classic work of microhistory entitled, The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller, first published in Italian in 1976 and in English in 1980.[4]

Notable people

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References

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  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
  3. ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  4. ^ Ginzburg, Carlo (1980). The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.