Muggia

Muggia
Comune di Muggia
Občina Milje
Muggia in 2007
Muggia in 2007
Flag of Muggia
Coat of arms of Muggia
Location of Muggia
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Muggia is located in Italy
Muggia
Muggia
Location of Muggia in Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Muggia is located in Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Muggia
Muggia
Muggia (Friuli-Venezia Giulia)
Coordinates: 45°36′N 13°46′E / 45.600°N 13.767°E / 45.600; 13.767
CountryItaly
RegionFriuli-Venezia Giulia
ProvinceTrieste (TS)
FrazioniAquilinia (Žavlje), S. Barbara (Korošci), Chiampore (Čampore), Zindis, Lazzaretto-S. Bartolomeo (Lazaret - Sveti Jernej), Belpoggio (Beloglav)
Government
 • MayorPaolo Polidori (since 2021) (League)
Area
 • Total13 km2 (5 sq mi)
Elevation
3 m (10 ft)
Population
 (31 May 2007)[2]
 • Total13,412
 • Density1,000/km2 (2,700/sq mi)
Demonym(s)it. Muggesani
sl. Miljčani
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
34015
Dialing code040
Patron saintSaints John and Paul
Saint day26 June
WebsiteOfficial website

Muggia (Triestine: Muja; Friulian: Mugle; Slovene: Milje) is an Italian town and comune (municipality) in south-eastern regional decentralization entity of Trieste, in the region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia on the border with Slovenia. Lying on the eastern flank of the Gulf of Trieste in the northern Adriatic Sea, Muggia is the only Italian port town in Istria. The town's architecture is marked by its Venetian and Austrian history, and its harbour hosts a modern 500-berth marina for yachts (Porto San Rocco).

Muggia lies in northern Istria. Its territory, limited on the sea-side by a shoreline of more than 7 kilometres (4 mi) featuring a coastal road and on the border side by a hill system, Monti di Muggia, including Mt. Castellier, Mt. S. Michele, Mt. Zuc and Monte d'Oro, that dominate over a vast landscape of Triestinian and Istrian coast, is characterized by a rich sub-continental vegetation of both Karstic and Istrian type.

It has a border crossing, known as San Bartolomeo, with Slovenia and the extreme east of the comune at Lazzaretto. The Slovenian border crossing is called Lazaret in the Municipality of Koper.

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.