Monrupino () is a (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Trieste in the

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region of

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, located about north of

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, on the border with

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. , it had a population of 848 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute

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. According to the 1971 census, 77.3% of the population are

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. The municipality of Monrupino contains the (boroughs) Fernetti/Fernetiči, Col, Repen.
Statute of the Monrupino-Repentabor municipality (in Italian and Slovenian)
/ref> Monrupino borders the following municipalities:

, Sgonico,

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(Slovenia).

Demographic evolution

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Politics

Traditionally, Monrupino has been a left-leaning municipality. In the 1950s and 1960s, it was part of the so-called "red belt" around Trieste: that is, of those municipalities around the city dominated by the Communist Party. In June 1949, in the first municipal elections in the

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, the

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-led Slavic-Italian Anti-Fascist Union won 97% of the votes. The election result was heralded by the

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press as a victory for the Communist Party. Since the 1970s, the centrist party of the Slovene minority in Italy, the Slovene Union, started gaining support. In the last few decades, the Slovene Union and the Italian leftist party (the Democratic Party, before the

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and before them the Communist Party) alternate in power. Currently, the municipality is led by a mayor of the Slovene Union, which is also the largest party in the Municipal Council (with around 45% of votes).

Demographic evolution

Politics

References

See also