Malborghetto Valbruna is a comune

Comune

In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

(municipality) in the Province of Udine

Province of Udine

The Province of Udine is a province in the autonomous Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy, bordering Austria and Slovenia. Its capital is the city of Udine....

 in the Italian

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 region Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Friuli–Venezia Giulia is one of the twenty regions of Italy, and one of five autonomous regions with special statute. The capital is Trieste. It has an area of 7,858 km² and about 1.2 million inhabitants. A natural opening to the sea for many Central European countries, the region is...

, located about 100 km northwest of Trieste

Trieste

Trieste is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is situated towards the end of a narrow strip of land lying between the Adriatic Sea and Italy's border with Slovenia, which lies almost immediately south and east of the city...

 and about 50 km northeast of Udine

Udine

Udine is a city and comune in northeastern Italy, in the middle of Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, between the Adriatic sea and the Alps , less than 40 km from the Slovenian border. Its population was 99,439 in 2009, and that of its urban area was 175,000.- History :Udine is the historical...

, on the border with Austria. , it had a population of 1,025 and an area of 120.5 km². According to the 1971 census, 46,2% of the population are Slovenes.

Malborghetto Valbruna borders the following municipalities: Chiusaforte

Chiusaforte

Chiusaforte is a comune in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 90 km northwest of Trieste and about 40 km north of Udine, on the border with Slovenia...

, Dogna

Dogna

Dogna is a comune in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 100 km northwest of Trieste and about 45 km north of Udine. , it had a population of 235 and an area of 70.0 km²....

, Feistritz an der Gail

Feistritz an der Gail

Feistritz an der Gail is a town in the district of Villach-Land in Carinthia in Austria.-References:...

 (Austria), Hermagor-Pressegger See

Hermagor-Pressegger See

Hermagor-Pressegger See is the administrative centre of the Hermagor district in the Austrian state of Carinthia. The town is named after Saint Hermagoras, the first bishop of Aquileia.-Location:...

 (Austria), Hohenthurn

Hohenthurn

Hohenthurn is a municipality in the district of Villach-Land in the Austrian state of Carinthia, situated in the valley of the Gail river on the northern slope of the Carnic Alps at the border with Italy. It comprises the Katastralgemeinden of Hohenthurn and Dreulach...

 (Austria), Pontebba

Pontebba

Pontebba is a comune in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia. It is located about 100 km northwest of Trieste and about 50 km north of Udine, on the border with Austria...

, Sankt Stefan im Gailtal

Sankt Stefan im Gailtal

Sankt Stefan im Gailtal is a town in the district of Hermagor in Carinthia in Austria.-References:...

 (Austria), Tarvisio

Tarvisio

Tarvisio is a town in the Province of Udine, in the northeastern part of the autonomous Friuli–Venezia Giulia region in Italy...

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