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Administrative identity

Autonomous region with a special statute (constitutional law 1/1963), capital Trieste. Provinces were abolished and replaced by Regional Decentralisation Bodies (Trieste, Gorizia, Udine, Pordenone). Four recognised languages: Italian, Friulian, Slovene, German.

Sections: Geography · History · Population · Languages · Time zone · Public holidays

Regional Decentralisation Body of Trieste – Trieste (regional capital)
Regional Decentralisation Body of Gorizia – Gorizia
Regional Decentralisation Body of Udine – Udine
Regional Decentralisation Body of Pordenone – Pordenone

Statute and languages

The special statute is constitutional law no. 1 of 31 January 1963. Friuli-Venezia Giulia abolished its provinces with regional law 20/2016, replacing them first by inter-municipal territorial unions and then, from 2020, by four Regional Decentralisation Bodies (EDR) in charge of roads and schools; the former provincial abbreviations remain in use. The Region protects Friulian (regional law 15/1996 and law 482/1999, through ARLeF), Slovene (law 38/2001) and German: in municipalities declared bilingual, signage and documents may be drawn up in the minority languages.

Holidays

The Festa della Patria del Friuli (3 April) commemorates 3 April 1077, when Emperor Henry IV, at Pavia, established the Friulian patriarchal state under the Patriarch of Aquileia; it is celebrated by the Region. Trieste's patron is St Justus (3 November), Udine's are Saints Hermagoras and Fortunatus (12 July); the Barcolana regatta in Trieste (second Sunday of October) is the world's largest by participation.

Population

Regional figurePeriod: Jan 1, 2025Validsample unknown

Source: ISTAT – Popolazione residente al 1° gennaio (dataflow 22_289, DCIS_POPRES1)

1,193,284people