Erto e Casso

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official_name = Erto e Casso
name = Erto e Casso
region = Friuli-Venezia Giulia
province = Province of Pordenone (PN)
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area_total_km2 = 52.3
population_as_of = Dec. 2004
population_total = 419
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frazioni = Casso, Erto
telephone = 0427
postalcode = 33080
gentilic = ertani
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website = [http://www.comune.ertoecasso.it www.comune.ertoecasso.it]
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Erto e Casso is a "comune" (municipality) in the Province of Pordenone in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 130 km northwest of Trieste and about 40 km northwest of Pordenone. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 419 and an area of 52.3 km².All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.]

The municipality of Erto e Casso contains the "frazioni" (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Casso and Erto.

Erto e Casso borders the following municipalities: Castellavazzo, Cimolais, Claut, Longarone, Ospitale di Cadore, Perarolo di Cadore, Pieve d'Alpago, Soverzene.

The Vajont disaster

Erto and Casso were the two villages in the Vajont (read Vyownt) valley, above the artificial lake, before the Vajont Dam disaster on October 9, 1963. The landslide and megatsunami killed almost 2000 people in total, destroying 5 villages in the Piave valley but leaving Erto and Casso only slightly damaged. The two villages were cautionally evacuated within 3 days of the disaster and the valley stayed empty for 3 years thereafter. During those years, some of the survivors settled down in the Maniago municipality, creating what would become the new Vajont municipality from 1971.Three years after evacuation, some other survivors, in spite of being forbidden to return to the valley, went back to their former houses and reformed the villages of Erto and Casso, which still make the municipality today.

Demographic evolution

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References

External links

* [http://www.comune.ertoecasso.pn.it www.comune.ertoecasso.pn.it]