Grimacco

Grimacco ( GRIMAC Friulian, Slovenian Garmak ) is a municipality ( comune ) in the Friuli- Venezia Giulia in northeastern Italy, in the province of Udine and has 367 inhabitants (as at 31 December 2012). The village is located approximately 27.5 km east-northeast of Udine, on the border with Slovenia. The administrative center of the municipality is located in the district Clodig.

The community Grimacco includes the following locations: Brida superiore ( Gorenje Bardo ), Brida inferior ( Dolenje Bardo ), Canalaz ( Kanalac ) Clodig ( Hlodič ) Costne ( Hostne ), Dolina ( Dolina ), Grimacco Inferiore ( Dolenji Garmak ) Grimacco Superiore ( Gorenji Garmak ) Liessa ( Liesa ), Lombai ( Lombaj ) Plataz ( Platac ) Podlach ( Podlak ) Seuza ( Selce '), Slapovicco ( Slapovik ) Sverinaz ( Zverinac ) Topolò ( Topolove ), Ville di Mezzo. The Town Hall is located in the district Clodig.

Population and language

About 70-90 % of the population are native speakers of Slovenian. A more precise definition is not possible, since the last census was conducted with recording of speech membership in 1971.

Demographic Trends

Culture

Since 1994, the international cultural festival Stazione Topolò found in Topolò - Postaja Topolove instead. In June / July, meet artists from many countries to exhibit works of art in topology, perform plays and making music.