Tramonti di Sopra 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 Pordenone

Province of Pordenone

The Province of Pordenone is a province in the autonomous Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Pordenone. The territory was carved out of the Province of Udine in 1968....

 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 110 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 40 km northeast of Pordenone

Pordenone

Pordenone is a comune of Pordenone province of northeast Italy in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region.The name comes from the Latin "Portus Naonis" meaning the port on the river Noncello - History :...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 406 and an area of 123.9 km².

Tramonti di Sopra is the traditional home of the "pitina

Pitina

Pitina is an Italian cold cut with origin in the mountain valleys of Tramonti di Sopra and River Cellina of the province of Pordenone in northeastern Italy. It is not a true sausage but instead it is a meatball made of smoked meats. The recipe was probably based on the impromptu need to preserve...

", a particular meat ball, smoked with aromas and herbs (i.e.juniper). You can also taste "Formaj dal CIt", a typical cottage cheese flavour with pepper.

The municipality of Tramonti di Sopra 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) Maleon and Chievolis.

Tramonti di Sopra borders the following municipalities: Claut

Claut

Claut is a comune in the Province of Pordenone in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 120 km northwest of Trieste and about 35 km northwest of Pordenone...

, Forni di Sotto

Forni di Sotto

Forni di Sotto is a comune in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 120 km northwest of Trieste and about 60 km northwest of Udine...

, Frisanco

Frisanco

Frisanco is a town and comune in the province of Pordenone, in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region .-History:As early as 1492 in the center of the village stood a church....

, Meduno

Meduno

Meduno is a comune in the Province of Pordenone in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 100 km northwest of Trieste and about 30 km northeast of Pordenone...

, Socchieve

Socchieve

Socchieve is a comune in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 110 km northwest of Trieste and about 45 km northwest of Udine...

, Tramonti di Sotto

Tramonti di Sotto

Tramonti di Sotto is a comune in the Province of Pordenone in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 110 km northwest of Trieste and about 35 km northeast of Pordenone...

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