Vajont

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{{Infobox Italian comune

| name = Vajont

| official_name = Comune di Vajont

| native_name = {{native name|fur|Vaiònt}}

| image_skyline = Vajont.png

| imagesize = 250px

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| image_caption = Panoramic view

| image_shield = Vajont-Stemma.png

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| coordinates = {{coord|46|8|N|12|41|E|region:IT_type:city(1603)|display=inline}}

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| region = Friuli-Venezia Giulia

| province = Pordenone (PN)

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| mayor = Virgilio Barzan (since 2022){{cite web |title=Anagrafe degli Amministratori Locali e Regionali |url=https://amministratori.interno.gov.it/index.php?page=InfoCarica&ente=Comune&IdCarica=3267165&IdAnagrafica=687424&DataRicerca=10%2F05%2F2024&ProvinciaDesc=PORDENONE&ComuneDesc=VAJONT |website=amministratori.interno.gov.it |access-date=10 May 2024}}

| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = 1.58

| population_footnotes = {{cite web |title=Bilancio demografico mensile |url=https://demo.istat.it/app/?i=D7B |website=demo.istat.it |access-date=10 May 2024}}

| population_total = 1634

| population_as_of = 10 May 2024

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| population_demonym = Vajontini

| elevation_footnotes =

| elevation_m = 287

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| saint = Jesus Crucifixed

| day = 14 September

| postal_code = 33080

| area_code = 0427

| website = {{url|https://www.comune.vajont.pn.it/it}}

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Vajont (Western Friulian: {{lang|fur|Vaiònt}}) is a {{lang|it|comune}} (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Pordenone, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, north-eastern Italy.

History

The municipality was founded in 1971 on the municipal territory of Maniago.{{cite book |last1=Reberschak |first1=Maurizio |last2=Mattozzi |first2=Ivo |title=Il Vajont dopo il Vajont: 1963-2000 |date=2009 |publisher=Marsilio |isbn=978-88-317-9659-0 |page=395 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mO0rAQAAIAAJ&q=Vajont+%221971%22+Maniago |access-date=10 May 2024 |language=it}} It was built to rehome the people evacuated from Erto e Casso after the Vajont Dam disaster of 1963.

Languages

In addition to the Italian language, the Friulian dialects Ertano and Cassano, originating from Erto e Casso, are spoken in the territory.

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