Montereale Valcellina

Comune in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy

Montereale Valcellina Montreâl (Friulian)
Comune
Comune di Montereale Valcellina

Coat of arms
Location of Montereale Valcellina
46°10′N 12°40′E / 46.167°N 12.667°E / 46.167; 12.667
Country	Italy
Region	Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Province	Pordenone (PN)
Frazioni	Grizzo, Malnisio, San Leonardo Valcellina
Government
• Mayor	Igor Alzetta
Area ^[1]
• Total	67.88 km² (26.21 sq mi)
Elevation	317 m (1,040 ft)
Population (30 November 2017^[2])^[3]
• Total	4,373
• Density	64/km² (170/sq mi)
Demonym	Monterealini
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	33086
Dialing code	0427
Website	Official website

Montereale Valcellina (Friulian: Montreâl) is a comune (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Pordenone in the northeast Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. The comune is located about 110 kilometres (68 mi) northwest of Trieste and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of Pordenone.

Montereale Valcellina borders the following municipalities: Andreis, Aviano, Barcis, Maniago, San Quirino.

History

Montereale was the birthplace (1532) of the miller and philosopher Menocchio, whom the historian Carlo Ginzburg discussed in his now-classic work of microhistory entitled, The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller, first published in Italian in 1976 and in English in 1980.^[4]

Notable people

Tommaso Toffoli, professor at Boston University

Menocchio

References

^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ Ginzburg, Carlo (1980). The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.