Gemona

Gemona del Friuli
Comune
Città di Gemona del Friuli
Cathedral of Gemona.
Coat of arms
Gemona del Friuli Location of Gemona del Friuli in Italy
Coordinates: 46°17′N 13°8′E / 46.283°N 13.133°E / 46.283; 13.133Coordinates: 46°17′N 13°8′E / 46.283°N 13.133°E / 46.283; 13.133
Country	Italy
Region	Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Province / Metropolitan city	Udine (UD)
Frazioni	Campagnola, Campolessi, Maniaglia, Ospedaletto, Godo, Centro Storico, Stalis, Taviele, Taboga
Government
• Mayor	Paolo Urbani
Area
• Total	56.2 km2 (21.7 sq mi)
Elevation	272 m (892 ft)
Population (30 November 2008)
• Total	11,175
• Density	200/km2 (520/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Gemonesi
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	33013
Dialing code	0432
Patron saint	Santa Maria Assunta
Saint day	December 8
Website	Official website

Gemona del Friuli (Friulian: Glemone, Slovene: Humin) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 90 kilometres (56 mi) northwest of Trieste and about 25 kilometres (16 mi) northwest of Udine.

The municipality of Gemona del Friuli contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Campagnola, Campolessi, Maniaglia, Ospedaletto, Godo, Centro Storico, Stalis, Taviele and Taboga.

Gemona del Friuli borders the following municipalities: Artegna, Bordano, Buja, Lusevera, Montenars, Osoppo, Trasaghis and Venzone.

Evidence of human occupation in Gemona goes back to prehistoric times. The town occupies a key point on the road from Italy to Austria, and there are traces of Celtic occupation around the year 500 BC.

The area was subject to various invasions in the period 166–750, including Huns, Marcomanni, Ostrogoths, Visigoths and Lombards, who had it as a stronghold from about 558. Lombard historian Paul the Deacon mentions it in 611 as an "impregnable castle". From the fall of the Lombard Kingdom of Italy until 952 Gemona was under Carolingian rulers. During this period the castle was built, the modern town growing around it.