San Giorgio della Richinvelda (Standard Friulian: , Western Friulian: ) is a (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Pordenone in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about northeast of Pordenone. It has a population of 4,626 inhabitants.
The seven (boroughs) that compose the municipality are Rauscedo, Domanins, Cosa, Pozzo, Provesano, Aurava and San Giorgio. Agriculture represents the most common activity of the territory.
Notable people Donato Casella, renaissance sculptor from Carona Pim Fortuyn, Dutch politician, sociologist, author and professor, assassinated during the Dutch general election of 2002, owned a holiday home in the town and is buried in the cemetery of the frazione Provesano. Gino Pancino, cyclist Tarcisio Petracco Bertram of St. Genesius, Patriarch of Aquileia, assassinated during an ambush at San Giorgio della Richinvelda on 6 June 1350.
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