Theprovince of Gorizia (Italian:provincia di Gorizia;Slovene:Goriška pokrajina;Friulian:provincie di Gurize) was aprovince in the autonomousFriuli-Venezia Giulia region ofItaly. Initially disbanded on 30 September 2017, it was reestablished in 2019 as theregional decentralization entity of Gorizia (Italian:ente di decentramento regionale di Gorizia; Slovene:enota deželne decentralizacije Gorica; Friulian:ent di decentrament regjonâl di Gurize), and was reactivated on 1 July 2020.[2]
It has an area of 466 square kilometres (180 sq mi) and a total population of 142,035 (2012). It has a coastal length of 47.6 kilometres (29.6 mi). There are 25 communes in the province.[3]
Around 11% of the population of the province is ethnicallySlovenian.[4] Italian legislation ensures the protection of the Slovene linguistic minority in 9 of the 25 municipalities which comprise the province.[5] Three rural municipalities (Doberdò del Lago,Savogna d'Isonzo andSan Floriano del Collio) have an ethnically Slovene majority, but the majority of native Slovene speakers in the province live in the urban area of Gorizia.
The top ten countries of origin of the inhabitants of Gorizia with foreign citizenship at 31 December 2010 were:[6]
