Montenars

Montenars
Country	Italy
region	Friuli Venezia Giulia
Coordinates	46 ° 15 '  N , 13 ° 11'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 15 '29 "  N , 13 ° 10' 58"  E
height	472  m slm
surface	20.61 km²
Residents	496 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	24 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	33010
prefix	0432
ISTAT number	030061
Popular name	Montenaresi
Patron saint	Simon Peter
Website	Montenars

Montenars ( Friulian Montenars , Slovene : Gorjani ) is a northeastern Italian municipality ( comune ) in the region of Friuli Venezia Giulia with 496 inhabitants (December 31, 2019). The municipality is located about 22 kilometers north-northwest of Udine and belongs to the Comunità Montana del Gemonese, Canal del Ferro e Val Canale .

Attractions

In the 19th century, Montenars was a bird catcher stronghold . The place is under a migratory bird route. Attempts were made to catch the animals with more than 50 specially built systems, the so-called Roccoli . They were considered a delicacy. Bird trapping is now banned in Friuli Venezia Giulia . Four Roccoli have been preserved and freely accessible to commemorate the tradition.

Parish partnership

Montenars has had an intra-Italian partnership with the municipality of Arezzo in the province of Arezzo since 1977 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ When songbirds were still a delicacy - ORF Carinthia - television. Retrieved June 18, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Georg Lux, Helmuth Weichselbraun: Forfeited & Forgotten - Lost Places in the Alps-Adriatic Region . Styria Verlag, Vienna / Graz / Klagenfurt 2017, ISBN 978-3-222-13551-4 , p. 129-132 .

Web links

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