<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The study examines the Slovenian-speaking minority in the northern Italian autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. It explores the spatial fragmentation in the Slovenian settlement area in Italy and analyzes the socio-economic and demographic processes that exert influence on the minority. The work is based on the critical evaluation of the current status of research, of statistical data from the state censuses and results of own research on site. The Slovenian-language population in the entire region is currently estimated at about 46,000 people. The main settlement area is the eastern border region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, which is characterized by different cultural and regional identities. While the Slovenian-speaking population of Friuli focuses more on its cultural and regional distinctions, the majority of the Slovenian-language group in Venezia Giulia considers itself a “national minority.”</p></abstract>

The study examines the Slovenian-speaking minority in the northern Italian autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. It explores the spatial fragmentation in the Slovenian settlement area in Italy and analyzes the socio-economic and demographic processes that exert influence on the minority. The work is based on the critical evaluation of the current status of research, of statistical data from the state censuses and results of own research on site. The Slovenian-language population in the entire region is currently estimated at about 46,000 people. The main settlement area is the eastern border region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, which is characterized by different cultural and regional identities. While the Slovenian-speaking population of Friuli focuses more on its cultural and regional distinctions, the majority of the Slovenian-language group in Venezia Giulia considers itself a “national minority.”

Slovenes in Italy: A Fragmented Minority

Ao. Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Ernst Steinicke, Institut für Geographie, Universität Innsbruck, Innrain 52f, 6020 Innsbruck;

Prof. Igor Jelen, Dipartimento di Scienze politiche e sociali, Università di Trieste, Piazzale Europa 1, 34128 Trieste;

Ao. Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Gerhard Karl Lieb, Institut für Geographie und Raumforschung, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Heinrichstraße 36, 8010 Graz;

Mag. Roland Löffler, Institut für Geographie, Universität Innsbruck, Innrain 52f, 6020 Innsbruck;

Ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Čede, Institut für Geographie und Raumforschung, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Heinrichstraße 36, 8010 Graz;

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The study examines the Slovenian-speaking minority in the northern Italian autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. It explores the spatial fragmentation in...

Slovenes in Italy: A Fragmented Minority

Published Online: Apr 09, 2016

Page range: 49 - 66

Received: Jul 30, 2015

Accepted: Mar 18, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/euco-2016-0004

Keywords
national minority, border area, Slovenes, Italy

© 2016 Ernst Steinicke et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Slovenes in Italy: A Fragmented Minority

Published Online: Apr 09, 2016

Page range: 49 - 66

Received: Jul 30, 2015

Accepted: Mar 18, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/euco-2016-0004

Keywordsnational minority, border area, Slovenes, Italy

© 2016 Ernst Steinicke et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
national minority, border area, Slovenes, Italy