Cordenons

Cordenons Cordenòns
Comune
Città di Cordenons
Town hall, Victory Square 1
Cordenons Location of Cordenons in Italy
Coordinates: 45°59′N 12°42′E / 45.983°N 12.700°E / 45.983; 12.700Coordinates: 45°59′N 12°42′E / 45.983°N 12.700°E / 45.983; 12.700
Country	Italy
Region	Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Province / Metropolitan city	Province of Pordenone (PN)
Frazioni	Nogaredo, Pasch, Romans, Sclavons, Villa d'Arco, Tramit
Government
• Mayor	Mario Ongaro (Lega Nord)
Area
• Total	56.8 km2 (21.9 sq mi)
Elevation	44 m (144 ft)
Population (Sep. 2011)
• Total	18,433
• Density	320/km2 (840/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Cordenonesi
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	33084
Dialing code	0434
Patron saint	St. Mary
Saint day	October
Website	http://www.comune.cordenons.pn.it www.comune.cordenons.pn.it

Cordenons is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pordenone in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 90 kilometres (56 mi) northwest of Trieste and about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) northeast of Pordenone. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 17,738 and an area of 56.8 square kilometres (21.9 sq mi).

The municipality of contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Nogaredo, Pasch, Romans, Sclavons, and Villa d'Arco, Tramit.

Cordenons borders the following municipalities: Pordenone, San Giorgio della Richinvelda, San Quirino, Vivaro, Zoppola.

In 1000 BC the population of the Veneti (from the present Czech Republic) migrated to this territory; they were followed by the Celts (800–700 BC). The unity of these communities(Celts and Veneti) founded the first nucleus of inhabitants of the area. With the coming of Rome the area became a Roman province. When the Postumia road was created, in order to defend trade, several roadblocks were created: Cordenons developed from one of them. In the following centuries the area was subjected to the invasions of the Visigoths (401-408 AD), Huns (452 AD), Longobards (568 AD).

The name appears officially for the first time in a diploma dated 5 May, 897, belonging to Berengario king of Italy. The name stems from Cortes Naonis (Court of the Naonis river). However the name does not reference a precise site instead a larger territory under the government of the Roman empire.

The Hungarian invasions, although disastrous did not signal the end of the village, since in 1029 it became an earldom of the house of Ozi of Bavaria and finally to that of the Habsburgs.

In 1500 AD the area was conquered by the Republic of Venice.

With the Napoleonic events, Cordenons became an autonomous municipality and after the end of the Republic of Venice, became territory of the Austro-Hungarian empire until 1866 when Cordenons was annexed to the Kingdom of Italy.

After the Second World War, Cordenons was invested with the Military Worth Bronze Medal for the support given to the Partisan Resistance.