Vajont

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Vajont
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Vajont (Italy)
Vajont
Country Italy
region Friuli Venezia Giulia
Coordinates 46 ° 8 '  N , 12 ° 41'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 8 '0 "  N , 12 ° 41' 0"  E
height 287  m slm
surface 1.58 km²
Residents 1,688 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 1,068 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 33080
prefix 0427
ISTAT number 093052
Popular name Vajontesi
Patron saint Gesù Crocifisso
Website Comune di Vajont
Vajont from above
Vajont from above

Vajont ( Furlanisch Vaiont ) is a municipality with 1688 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia . The parish was built for the survivors of the Longarone disaster about 50 kilometers southeast of the site of the disaster and inaugurated in 1971. The flooding, which killed around 2,000 people, was triggered by a landslide on Monte Toc that caused the Vajont reservoir to overflow.

The area of ​​the municipality is at an altitude of 287 m and covers an area of ​​1.58 km² . Neighboring municipalities are Maniago and Montereale Valcellina .

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Commons : Vajont  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
Monte Toc