Monfalcone
Monfalcone | |
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| Comune di Monfalcone | |
Piazza della Repubblica in Monfalcone | |
Location of Monfalcone | |
| Coordinates: 45°48′N 13°32′E / 45.800°N 13.533°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Friuli-Venezia Giulia |
| Province | Gorizia (GO) |
| Frazioni | Archi, Aris, Bagni, Cima di Pietrarossa, Crosera, La Rocca, Lisert, Marina Julia, Marina Nova, Panzano, Pietrarossa, San Polo, Schiavetti, Serraglio, Via Romana-Solvay |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Anna Maria Cisint |
| Area | |
• Total | 20 km2 (8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 7 m (23 ft) |
| Population (1 January 2022) | |
• Total | 29,637 |
| • Density | 1,500/km2 (3,800/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Monfalconesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 34074 |
| Dialing code | 0481 |
| ISTAT code | 031012 |
| Patron saint | St. Ambrose |
| Saint day | November 21 |
| Website | Official website |
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Monfalcone (Italian pronunciation: [moɱfalˈkoːne]; Bisiacco: Mofalcòn; Friulian: Monfalcon; Slovene: Tržič; archaic German: Falkenberg) is a town and comune (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Gorizia in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, northern Italy, located on the Gulf of Trieste. Its name means 'falcon mountain' (see Montfaucon in French and Falkenberg in Germanic languages).
It is a major industrial centre for manufacturing ships, airplanes, textiles, chemicals, and refined oil, and is home to one of Fincantieri's main shipyards. Monfalcone is the northernmost city on the Mediterranean Sea.