Chiusaforte

Chiusaforte ( Friulian Scluse, slow. Kluže, German Klausen) is a municipality in the province of Udine in Friuli, Italy with 684 inhabitants (as at 31 December 2012). It is located in the Canal del Ferro to German Eisental, and extends north to above the Neveasattel.

Neighboring communities

Demographics

Traffic routes

Through the municipal area on major transport routes, which connect mainly Rome and Vienna.

Railway

The old, abandoned track of the " Pontebbana " runs right through the village Chiusaforte, while the new railway line runs invisibly in a long tunnel through the mountain.

In addition to the state road that leads as well as the railway line through the town in Fellatal, the A 23 motorway runs in the floodplains of the Fella River and represents an important European traffic route

From Chiusaforte branches off a side street that winds through the narrow Raccolanatal east to Neveasattel up.