Gonars

Gonars
Country	Italy
region	Friuli Venezia Giulia
Coordinates	45 ° 54 '  N , 13 ° 14'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 54 '0 "  N , 13 ° 14' 0"  E
height	21  m slm
surface	19.90 km²
Residents	4,684 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	235 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	33050
prefix	0432
ISTAT number	030044
Popular name	Gonaresi
Website	Gonars

The municipality of Gonars is located near the Stella River in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region .

The municipality has 4684 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) and borders the municipalities of Bagnaria Arsa , Bicinicco , Castions di Strada , Palmanova , Porpetto , Santa Maria la Longa and Torviscosa .

The Gonars concentration camp was located in the immediate vicinity of the village from 1942 until the capitulation of the Kingdom of Italy in 1943 . Slovenes and Croats were interned in this camp. By interning such prisoners, the fascist regime wanted to prevent young men from becoming partisans in the Yugoslav territories occupied by Italy, which included the southern part of Slovenia up to the capital Ljubljana.

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  Signpost in the center

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  Information board in English

Web links

• Italian website of the concentration camp memorial

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ Carlo Spartaco Capogreco: I Campi del duce . Giulio Einaudi 2004, ISBN 88-06-16781-2 , pp. 255 ff.