Sauris
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Sauris Zahre |
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| Comune | |
| Comune di Sauris | |
Sauris di Sotto
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 Sauris
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| Coordinates: 46°28′N 12°43′E / 46.467°N 12.717°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Friuli-Venezia Giulia |
| Province / Metropolitan city | Udine (UD) |
| Frazioni | Sàuris di Sotto (municipal seat), Sàuris di Sopra, Latéis, La Màina, Field/Velt |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Stefano Lucchini |
| Area | |
| • Total | 41.4 km2 (16.0 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,212 m (3,976 ft) |
| Population (March 2009) | |
| • Total | 421 |
| • Density | 10/km2 (26/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Saurani |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 33020 |
| Dialing code | 0433 |
| Website | Official website |
Sauris (German: Zahre; Friulian: Sauris) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia. At an elevation of 1,212 m (3,976 ft), it is the highest municipality in the region and one of the German language islands in Northeast Italy. Sauris is part of the Alpine pearls cooperation for sustainable tourism.
Sauris is situated within the Carnia mountain area of Friuli, in the Lumiei Valley (Val Lumiei) of the Carnic Alps, northwest of the Monte Bìvera massif. It is located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) northwest of the provincial capital Udine and 120 kilometres (75 mi) northwest of Trieste.
The municipal area mainly consists of two villages, Sauris di Sotto (Unterzahre) und Sauris di Sopra (Oberzahre), with a total population of 429 (as of 2010[update]). Sauris borders the following municipalities: Ampezzo, Forni di Sopra, Forni di Sotto, Ovaro, Prato Carnico, and Vigo di Cadore.
According to legend, the settlement was founded about 1300 by two exhausted German mercenaries who retired to Carnia. Actually, the Romance place name Sauris, possibly derived from Illyrian Savira ("current"), was already mentioned in the 12th century. German peasants probably immigrated from the Tyrolean Hochpustertal and the adjacent Lesachtal in the north. Like the historic Cadore region in the west, Carnia had belonged to the ecclesiastical Patria del Friuli (Patriarchate of Aquileia) since 1077 and passed from the Holy Roman Empire to the Republic of Venice by 1420.
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