Casarsa della Delizia | |
Official Name: | Città di Casarsa della Delizia |
Coordinates: | 45.95°N 63°W |
Region: | Friuli-Venezia Giulia |
Province: | Pordenone (PN) |
Mayor: | Lavinia Clarotto |
Area Total Km2: | 20.4 |
Population Total: | 8599 |
Population As Of: | 28 February 2011[1] |
Population Demonym: | Casarsesi |
Elevation M: | 44 |
Postal Code: | 33072 |
Area Code: | 0434 |
Casarsa della Delizia or simply Casarsa (Standard Friulian: Friulian: Cjasarse, Western Friulian: Friulian: Cjasarsa) is a Italian: [[comune]] (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Pordenone in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 80km (50miles) northwest of Trieste and about 15km (09miles) east of Pordenone. Casarsa della Delizia borders the following municipalities: Arzene, Fiume Veneto, San Vito al Tagliamento, Valvasone, Zoppola.
It houses the tomb of local poet and writer Pier Paolo Pasolini, as well as Didactic Center based in his mother's house.
Casarsa railway station is on the busy Venice–Udine railway. Train services operate to Venice, Treviso, Udine, Trieste, Portogruaro, Padua, Bologna and Rome.