Monrupino (Slovene: Repentabor) is a comune (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Trieste in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) north of Trieste, on the border with Slovenia. As of 31 December 2004[update], it had a population of 848 and an area of 12.7 square kilometres (4.9 sq mi).[3] According to the 1971 census, 77.3% of the population are Slovenes.
Monrupino
Repentabor (Slovene) | |
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| Comune di Monrupino Občina Repentabor | |
 Church in Monrupino | |
Location of Monrupino  | |
  Monrupino Location of Monrupino in Italy  Monrupino Monrupino (Friuli-Venezia Giulia) | |
| Coordinates: 45°43′N 13°47′E / 45.717°N 13.783°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Friuli-Venezia Giulia |
| Province | Trieste (TS) |
| Frazioni | Fernetti/Fernetiči, Col, Repen |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Tanja Kosmina (Slovenska skupnost) |
| Area | |
• Total | 12.7 km2 (4.9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 418 m (1,371 ft) |
| Population (Dec. 2004)[2] | |
• Total | 848 |
| • Density | 67/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 34016 |
| Dialing code | 040 |
| Website | www |
The municipality of Monrupino contains the frazioni (boroughs) Fernetti/Fernetiči, Col, Repen.[4]
Monrupino borders the following municipalities: Trieste, Sgonico, Sežana (Slovenia).
Demographic evolution
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Politics
editTraditionally, Monrupino has been a left-leaning municipality. In the 1950s and 1960s, it was part of the so-called "red belt" around Trieste: that is, of those municipalities around the city dominated by the Communist Party.[5] In June 1949, in the first municipal elections in the Free Territory of Trieste, the Communist-led Slavic-Italian Anti-Fascist Union won 97% of the votes. The election result was heralded by the Soviet press as a victory for the Communist Party.[6]
Since the 1970s, the centrist party of the Slovene minority in Italy, the Slovene Union, started gaining support. In the last few decades, the Slovene Union and the Italian leftist party (the Democratic Party, before the Democrats of the Left and before them the Communist Party) alternate in power. Currently, the municipality is led by a mayor of the Slovene Union, which is also the largest party in the Municipal Council (with around 45% of votes).
References
edit- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
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Statute of the Monrupino-Repentabor municipality (in Italian and Slovenian) - ^ "Archivionews.it | RSS news a cura di www.giga.it".
- ^ "Communist Party of the Free Territory of Trieste Succeeds at Municipal Elections". Current Digest of the Russian Press. 26 July 1949.
See also
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