Chions 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

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 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 90 km northwest of Trieste

Trieste

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 and about 14 km southeast 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 4,896 and an area of 33.5 km².

The municipality of Chions 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) Basedo, Taiedo, Villotta, and Torrate.

Chions borders the following municipalities: Azzano Decimo

Azzano Decimo

Azzano Decimo is a comune in the Province of Pordenone in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 90 km northwest of Trieste and about 11 km southeast of Pordenone...

, Cinto Caomaggiore

Cinto Caomaggiore

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, Fiume Veneto

Fiume Veneto

Fiume Veneto is a comune in the Province of Pordenone in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 90 km northwest of Trieste and about 7 km southeast of Pordenone...

, Pramaggiore

Pramaggiore

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, Pravisdomini

Pravisdomini

Pravisdomini is a comune in the Province of Pordenone in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 90 km west of Trieste and about 15 km south of Pordenone....

, San Vito al Tagliamento

San Vito al Tagliamento

San Vito 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 southeast of Pordenone.-Main sights:...

, Sesto al Reghena

Sesto al Reghena

Sesto al Reghena 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 southeast of Pordenone....

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External links

• www.comune.chions.pn.it/