Province o Gorizia

Province o Gorizia
Province o Gorizia
	Province
	Map heichlichtin the location o the province o Gorizia in Italy
Kintra	Italy
Region	Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Caipital(s)	Gorizia
Comuni	25
Govrenment
• Preses	Enrico Gherghetta
Area
• Total	466 km2 (180 sq mi)
Population (2012)
• Total	142,035
• Density	300/km2 (790/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	34070-34079, 34170
Telephone prefix	0431, 0481
Vehicle registration	GO
ISTAT	031

The Province o Gorizia (Italian: Provincia di Gorizia, Slovene: Goriška pokrajina) is a province in the autonomous Friuli-Venezia Giulia region o Italy.

Owerview

Its caipital is the ceety o Gorizia. It belangit tae the Province o Udine atween 1924 an 1927 an the communes o Sonzia, Plezzo, Bergogna, Caporetto, Tolmino, Circhina, Santa Lucia d'Isonzo, Gracova Serravalle, Canale d'Isonzo, Cal di Canale, Idria, Montenero d'Idria, Castel Dobra, Salona d'Isonzo, Gargaro, Chiapovano, Aidussina, Santa Croce di Aidùssina, Cernizza Goriziana, Tarnova della Selva, Sambasso, Merna, Ranziano, Montespino, Opacchiasella, Temenizza, Rifembergo, Comeno, San Daniele del Carso, Zolla, Vipacco, San Martino di Quisca an San Vito di Vipacco; an the eastren pairt o Gorizia, wur pairt o this province atween 1918 an 1924, an frae 1927 tae 1947. These communes are nou paurt o Slovenie.

It haes an aurie o 466 km², an a total population o 142,035 (2012). It haes a coastal length o 47.6 km. There are 25 communes in the province ([1] Archived 2007-08-07 at the Wayback Machine).

Aroond 11% o the population o the province is o ethnically Slovene.^[1] Italian legislation ensures the protection of the Slovene linguistic minority in 9 of the 25 municipalities comprising the province.^[2]

The top ten kintras o oreegin o the inhabitants o Gorizia wi foreign citizenship at December 31, 2010 were:^[3]