Zoppola

Zoppola

*Sopula* (Friulian)
Zoppola Sopula (Friulian)
Comune
	Comune di Zoppola
	Town hall.
	Coat of arms
	Location of Zoppola
	Zoppola Location of Zoppola in Italy Zoppola Zoppola (Friuli-Venezia Giulia)
	Coordinates: 45°58′N 12°46′E / 45.967°N 12.767°E
Country	Italy
Region	Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Province	Pordenone (PN)
Frazioni	Castions, Cusano, Murlis, Orcenico Inferiore, Orcenico Superiore, Ovoledo, Poincicco
Government
• Mayor	Francesca Papais
Area
• Total	45.4 km2 (17.5 sq mi)
Elevation	36 m (118 ft)
Population (31 December 2015)
• Total	8,572
• Density	190/km2 (490/sq mi)
Demonym	Zoppolani
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	33080
Dialing code	0434
Patron saint	Saint Martin
Saint day	November 11
Website	Official website

Zoppola (Standard Friulian: Çopule, Western Friulian: Sopula) is a comune (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Pordenone in Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 90 kilometres (56 miles) northwest of Trieste and about 9 kilometres (6 miles) east of Pordenone.

The Italian poet Pier Paolo Pasolini wrote a poem called Le gioie di Orcenico ("The joys of Orcenico"); he had lived in Casarsa della Delizia, not far from Zoppola's frazione (borough) of Orcenico, from 1943 to 1949.

Main sights[edit]

Castello di Zoppola, owned by the patriarch of Aquileia and Cardinal Antonio Panciera. The inner court has frescoes by Pomponio Amalteo
San Martino church
San Michele, church in the frazione of Ovoledo, with 16th-century frescoes and paintings
Sant'Andrea church at Castions, with two canvases by Amalteo and one by Antonio Carneo