Grimacco

Grimacco

Grimacco

Comune in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy

Grimacco (Slovene: Garmak; Friulian: Grimac) is a comune (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) northwest of Trieste and about 25 kilometres (16 mi) northeast of Udine, on the border with Slovenia, and borders the following municipalities: Drenchia, Kanal ob Soči (Slovenia), Kobarid (Slovenia), San Leonardo, Savogna, Stregna.

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Grimacco localities include Brida superiore (Gorenje Bardo), Brida inferiore (Dolenje Bardo), Canalaz (Kanalac), Clodig (Hlodič), Costne (Hostne), Dolina (Dolina), Grimacco Inferiore (Dolenji Garmak), Grimacco Superiore (Gorenji Garmak), Liessa (Liesa), Lombai (Lombaj), Plataz (Platac), Podlach (Podlak), Seuza (Selce), Slapovicco (Slapovik), Sverinaz (Zverinac), Topolò (Topolove), Ville di Mezzo. The municipal hall is located in Clodig.

As of 2015, it had a population of 342 and an area of 16.4 square kilometres (6.3 sq mi).[4]

Ethnic composition

Main articles: Slovene minority in Italy (1920–1947) and Slovene minority in Italy (after 1947)

93.7% of the population were Slovenes according to the 1971 census.[5]

Demographic evolution

  • Torrent Rieca at Liessa
  • Italian-Slovene bilingualism in Grimacco, with the Slovene names written in the local dialect.

References

  1. [1]
    "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. [2]
    "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. [3]
    Municipality of GRIMACCO Urbistat
  4. [4]
    All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
  5. [5]
    Thomas, Lee; Lokar A. (1977) Socioeconomic structure of the Slovene population in Italy, Slovene Studies, Chicago, Illinois, p. 28.

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