Zoppola

Zoppola
Comune
Comune di Zoppola
Town hall.
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 45°58′N 12°46′E / 45.967°N 12.767°E / 45.967; 12.767
Country	Italy
Region	Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Province	Pordenone (PN)
Frazioni	Castions, Cusano, Murlis, Orcenico Inferiore, Orcenico Superiore, Ovoledo, Poincicco
Government
• Mayor	Francesca Papais
Area [1]
• Total	45.4 km2 (17.5 sq mi)
Elevation	36 m (118 ft)
Population  (31 December 2015)[3]
• Total	8,572
• Density	190/km2 (490/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Zoppolani
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	33080
Dialing code	0434
Patron saint	Saint Martin
Saint day	November 11
Website	Official website

Zoppola (Standard Friulian: Çopule; Western Friulian: Sopula) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pordenone in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 90 kilometres (56 miles) northwest of Trieste and about 9 kilometres (6 miles) east of Pordenone.

The Italian poet Pier Paolo Pasolini wrote a poem called Le gioie di Orcenico ("The joys of Orcenico"), since he lived in Casarsa della Delizia, not far from Zoppola's frazione (hamlet) of Orcenico from 1943 to 1949.

Main sights[]

• Castle of the Panciera Counts (14th century), owned by the patriarch of Aquileia and Cardinal Antonio Panciera. The inner court has frescoes by Pomponio Amalteo
• San Martino church
• San Michele, church in the frazione of Ovoledo, with 16th-century frescoes and paintings
• Sant'Andrea church at Castions, with two canvases by Amalteo and one by Antonio Carneo

International relations[]

Zoppola is twinned with:

• Tonneins, France, since 1981
• Sankt Georgen am Längsee, Austria, since 1996

People[]

• Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini

References[]

External links[]

• Official website