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Zoppola (Standard Friulian: Çopule, Western Friulian: Sopula) is a comune (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Pordenone in Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 90 kilometres (56 miles) northwest of Trieste and about 9 kilometres (6 miles) east of Pordenone.
Zoppola
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| Comune di Zoppola | |
 Town hall. | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Zoppola  | |
  Zoppola Location of Zoppola in Italy  Zoppola Zoppola (Friuli-Venezia Giulia) | |
| Coordinates: 45°58′N 12°46′E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Friuli-Venezia Giulia |
| Province | Pordenone (PN) |
| Frazioni | Castions, Cusano, Murlis, Orcenico Inferiore, Orcenico Superiore, Ovoledo, Poincicco |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Francesca Papais |
| Area | |
• Total | 45.4 km2 (17.5 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 36 m (118 ft) |
| Population (April 2022)[2] | |
• Total | 8,297 |
| • Density | 180/km2 (470/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Zoppolani |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 33080 |
| Dialing code | 0434 |
| Patron saint | Saint Martin |
| Saint day | November 11 |
| Website | Official website |
The Italian poet Pier Paolo Pasolini wrote a poem called Le gioie di Orcenico ("The joys of Orcenico"); he had lived in Casarsa della Delizia, not far from Zoppola's frazione (borough) of Orcenico, from 1943 to 1949.
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- Castello di Zoppola, owned by the patriarch of Aquileia and Cardinal Antonio Panciera. The inner court has frescoes by Pomponio Amalteo
- San Martino church
- San Michele, church in the frazione of Ovoledo, with 16th-century frescoes and paintings
- Sant'Andrea church at Castions, with two canvases by Amalteo and one by Antonio Carneo
Zoppola is twinned with:
Tonneins, France, since 1981
Sankt Georgen am Längsee, Austria, since 1996
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