San Leonardo 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 60 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 25 km east 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...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,215 and an area of 27.0 km². According to the census 1971 85,5% of the population are Slovenes.

San Leonardo borders the following municipalities: Grimacco

Grimacco

Grimacco is a comune in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 60 km northwest of Trieste and about 25 km northeast of Udine, on the border with Slovenia. , it had a population of 450 and an area of 16.4 km²...

, Prepotto

Prepotto

Prepotto is a comune in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 50 km northwest of Trieste and about 20 km east of Udine, on the border with Slovenia...

, San Pietro al Natisone

San Pietro al Natisone

San Pietro al Natisone is a comune in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 60 km northwest of Trieste and about 20 km northeast of Udine. it had a population of 2,212 and an area of 24.1 km²...

, Savogna di Cividale

Savogna di Cividale

Savogna is a comune in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 60 km northwest of Trieste and about 25 km northeast of Udine, on the border with Slovenia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 608 and an area of 22.1 km²...

, Stregna

Stregna

Stregna is a comune in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 60 km northwest of Trieste and about 30 km northeast of Udine, on the border with Slovenia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 434 and an area of 19.7 km²...

.

San Leonardo is the birthplace of the musician Edi Bucovaz, founder of the Slovene popular music band Beneški fantje

Beneški Fantje

Beneški fantje is a Slovene folk music band from the region of Venetian Slovenia, in Italy. It is the oldest Slovene popular musical ensemble. Founded by Edi Bucovaz from San Leonardo, Italy in 1952, the band has remained active for more than fifty years....

, and of the conservative politician Luigi Faidutti, political leader of the Friulians

Friulians

Friulians or Furlans are a linguistic minority living in Italy and elsewhere. About 530,000 of them live in the provinces of Udine and Pordenone and in parts of Gorizia and Venice. Their language, the Friulian language, is the second largest minority language in Italy. About 170,000 Friulians live...

 in the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy.

See also

• Venetian Slovenia
  Venetian Slovenia
  Venetian Slovenia is a small mountainous region in northeastern Italy . Most of the region is located in the Italian region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, in the area between the towns of Cividale del Friuli, Tarcento and Gemona ....
  
  
• Friuli
  Friuli
  Friuli is an area of northeastern Italy with its own particular cultural and historical identity. It comprises the major part of the autonomous region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, i.e. the province of Udine, Pordenone, Gorizia, excluding Trieste...
  
  
• Slovene Lands
  Slovene Lands
  Slovene Lands or Slovenian Lands is the historical denomination for the whole of the Slovene-inhabited territories in Central Europe. It more or less corresponds to modern Slovenia and the adjacent territories in Italy, Austria and Hungary in which autochthonous Slovene minorities live.-...