Monfalcone

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Monfalcone
coat of arms
Monfalcone (Italy)
Monfalcone
Country Italy
region Friuli Venezia Giulia
Coordinates 45 ° 48 ′  N , 13 ° 32 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 48 ′ 0 ″  N , 13 ° 32 ′ 0 ″  E
height m slm
surface 20.5 km²
Residents 28,816 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 1,406 inhabitants / km²
Factions Archi, Aris, Crosera, Lisert, Marina Julia, Marina Vecchia, Panzano, Pietrarossa, La Rocca, San Polo, Schiavetti, Cima di Pietrarossa, Bagni, Serraglio
Post Code 34074
prefix 0481
ISTAT number 031012
Popular name Monfalconesi
Patron saint Mother of God
Website www.comune.monfalcone.go.it
Satellite image of Monfalcone and the Isonzo River
Satellite image of Monfalcone and the Isonzo River

Monfalcone (Furlanic Monfalcon , Slovenian Tržič , German outdated Falkenberg ) is a town with 28,816 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region in Italy .

geography

location

Monfalcone lies between Trieste and Grado and is the northernmost city with direct access to the Mediterranean Sea . The urban area covers an area of ​​20.5 km².

Districts

Districts are: Archi, Aris (slow. Darež ), Bagni, Cima di Pietrarossa, Crosera, Lisert, Marina Julia, Marina Vecchia, Panzano (slow. Pancan ), Pietrarossa, La Rocca, San Michele (slow. Sveti Mihael ), San Polo, Schiavetti and Serraglio.

Neighboring communities

Neighboring municipalities are: Doberdò del Lago , Duino-Aurisina , Ronchi dei Legionari and Staranzano .

history

Monfalcone was Venetian until 1797, then Habsburg until 1805, and again from 1814 until the end of the First World War. The place and its surrounding area became part of the county of Gorizia and Gradisca in 1816 , with the area forming the judicial district of Monfalcone and since 1868 again part of the district of Monfalcone .

The shipyard in November 1917

Since 1908, large shipyards have settled in the city , which made Monfalcone known as the city ​​of shipyards . One of the first was the Cantiere Navale Triestino shipyard , which manufactured, among other things, for the Austro-Americana . The Fincantieri company mainly builds cruise ships in Monfalcone , which are among the largest in the world.

During the First World War , in the course of the Isonzo battles , in which hundreds of thousands of Italian and Austrian soldiers died, there was also fighting in Monfalcone. The shipyard facilities were completely destroyed. Among the dead was the Italian architect Antonio Sant'Elia .

Town twinning

Personalities

literature

  • Marko Simić: On the trail of the Isonzo front , Mohorjeva Hermagoras, Klagenfurt-Laibach-Wien 2004; ISBN 3-85013-884-4

Individual evidence

  1. Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. Citizen information. (PDF; 2.0 MB) (No longer available online.) Neumarkt in Steiermark , August 19, 2010, archived from the original on December 26, 2013 ; Retrieved August 19, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.marktgemeinde-neumarkt.at

Web links

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