Spilimbergo

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Comune di Spilimbergo
Coat of arms of Comune di Spilimbergo
Municipal coat of arms
Country Flag of Italy Italy
Region Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Province Pordenone (PN)
Mayor Arturo Soresi
Elevation 132 m (433 ft)
Area 72 km² (28 sq mi)
Population (as of 2004)
 - Total 11,635
 - Density 162/km² (420/sq mi)
Time zone CET, UTC+1
Coordinates 46°07′N, 12°53′E
Gentilic Spilimberghesi
Dialing code 0427
Postal code 33097
Frazioni Barbeano, Baseglia, Gaio, Gradisca, Istrago, Tauriano, Vacile
Patron St. Roch
 - Day August 16
Website: www.comune.spilimbergo.pn.it

Spilimbergo (Friulian Spilimberc) is a town, with a population of 11,635, located northeast of Venice in the province of Pordenone in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, northern Italy. The town is notable as the home of the Scuola Mosaicisti del Friuli (Mosaic School), which was founded in 1922.

Irene di Spilimbergo is a woman painter, known better for the eulogies written about her untimely death, than her artistic product.

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