Sedegliano 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

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 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 80 km northwest of Trieste

Trieste

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 and about 20 km southwest 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 3,796 and an area of 50.4 km².

The municipality of Sedegliano contains the frazioni

Frazione

A frazione , in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other administrative divisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere...

(subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Coderno, Gradisca, Grions, Rivis, San Lorenzo, and Turrida.

Sedegliano borders the following municipalities: Codroipo

Codroipo

Codroipo is a comune in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 70 km northwest of Trieste and about 20 km southwest of Udine.The town was founded in Roman times and named Quadruvium...

, Coseano

Coseano

Coseano is a comune in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 80 km northwest of Trieste and about 15 km west of Udine....

, Flaibano

Flaibano

Flaibano is a comune in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 80 km northwest of Trieste and about 20 km west of Udine....

, Mereto di Tomba

Mereto di Tomba

Mereto di Tomba is a comune in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 80 km northwest of Trieste and about 15 km west of Udine....

, San Giorgio della Richinvelda

San Giorgio della Richinvelda

San Giorgio della Richinvelda is a comune in the Province of Pordenone in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 90 km northwest of Trieste and about 20 km northeast of Pordenone...

, San Martino al Tagliamento

San Martino al Tagliamento

San Martino al Tagliamento is a comune in the Province of Pordenone in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 80 km northwest of Trieste and about 20 km northeast of Pordenone...

, Valvasone

Valvasone

Valvasone is a comune in the Province of Pordenone in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 80 km northwest of Trieste and about 15 km east of Pordenone...

.
It is known for nurturing the talent of Massimo Donati

Massimo Donati

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 who plays for Celtic F.C.

Celtic F.C.

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 in Scotland

Scotland

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. Another talent now living in one of Sedegliano's fractions is the soprano Paola Lazzarini

Paola Lazzarini

Paola Lazzarini is an Italian soprano. Lazzarini was born in Udine and after graduating from the Conservatorio "A.Stefani" in Castelfranco Veneto, took part in many national and international singing competitions...

External links

• www.comune.sedegliano.ud.it/