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Erto e Casso (local Friulian: Nert and Cas) is an Italian municipality in the Province of Pordenone in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 130 kilometres (81 mi) northwest of Trieste and about 40 kilometres (25 mi) northwest of Pordenone.

Erto e Casso
Comune
Comune di Erto e Casso
View of a central road in Erto
Coat of arms
Erto e Casso within the Province of Pordenone
Location of Erto e Casso
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Coordinates: 46°16′37.31″N 12°22′19.13″E
Country	Italy
Region	Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Province	Pordenone (PN)
Frazioni	Casso, Erto (municipal seat)
Government
• Mayor	Antonio Carrara
Area [1]
• Total	52.3 km2 (20.2 sq mi)
Elevation	775 m (2,543 ft)
Population  (30 June 2017[2])[3]
• Total	378
• Density	7.2/km2 (19/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Ertani
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	33080
Dialing code	0427
Website	Official website

Geography

The commune consists of Erto (the municipal seat, population: 341[4]), Casso (population: 35[5]), and some smaller places: Cavalle, Col della Ruava, Forcai, Liron, Pineda, San Martino and Val del Pont.

Erto e Casso borders the municipalities of Castellavazzo, Cimolais, Claut, Longarone, Ospitale di Cadore, Perarolo di Cadore, Alpago and Soverzene. All the bordering municipalities, except Cimolais and Claut, are part of the nearby Province of Belluno, in Veneto.

The comune is composed by the main settlements of Erto, the administrative seat, and Casso. The other hamlets, (frazioni), composed by few scattered farmhouses, are the localities of Forcai, Pineda, San Martino, and Val da Pont.

History

Early history

The village of Erto was first mentioned in 8th century. Differently from Casso, in which is spoken bellunese (a Venetian dialect), the local language is a dialect of Ladin language, colloquially named ertano.

Vajont disaster

Erto and Casso were the two villages in the Vajont (/vaˈjɔnt/) valley, above the artificial lake, before the Vajont Dam disaster on 9 October 1963. The landslide and flood killed almost 2,000 people in total, destroying five villages in the Piave valley but leaving Erto and Casso only slightly damaged. The two villages were cautionally evacuated within three days of the disaster and the valley stayed empty for three years thereafter. During those years, some of the survivors settled down in the Maniago municipality, creating what would become the new Vajont municipality from 1971.

Three years after evacuation, some other survivors, in spite of being forbidden to return to the valley, went back to their former houses and reformed the villages of Erto and Casso, which still form the municipality today.[6]

Notable people

• Mauro Corona (b. 1950), writer[7]

See also

• Monte Toc
• Vajont Dam

References

External links

• (in Italian) Erto village website
• (in Italian) Erto e Casso official website
• (in Italian) Mountain Community of Western Friuli

На других языках

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- [en] Erto e Casso

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[es] Erto e Casso

Erto e Casso (Nert y Cas en sus respectivos dialectos locales) es una localidad y municipio italiano que cuenta con 388 habitantes, se ubica en la provincia de Pordenone en la región de Friuli-Venecia Julia, que incluye la capital Erto y la aldea Casso, ahora casi despoblada debido al terrible Desastre de la presa Vajont ocurrido el 9 de octubre de 1963.

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[ru] Эрто-э-Кассо

Эрто-э-Кассо (итал. Erto e Casso) — коммуна в Италии, располагается в регионе Фриули-Венеция-Джулия, в провинции Порденоне.

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