What is Italian mountain community?
The '''mountain communities''' ({{lang-it|Comunità montana}}) were created in [[Italy]] by [[law]] on 1971.<ref>Law number 1102 of 3 December 1971.</ref> Each ''Comunità montana'' is [[wikt:established|established]] by the [[Regions of Italy|Region]] to which it belongs and includes the [[Municipality|municipalities]] that are in [[mountain]] areas and [[Foothills|foothill]]<nowiki/>s. Its purpose is to promote mountain areas with specific functions. It can have some [[Municipality|municipal]] functions, such as [[waste]] collection. Mountain communities exist in all regions, apart from [[Sicily]], [[Sardinia]] and [[Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol|Trentino-Alto Adige]]. ==Name in regional languages in Italy== In regions where there is a [[regional language]], the mountain communities are known also with their name in that language besides the Italian name: * In the [[Valle d'Aosta]], the name in [[French language|French]] is ''Communauté de montagne''. * In [[South Tyrol]], the name in [[German language|German]] is ''Bezirksgemeinschaft''. * In [[Friuli-Venezia Giulia]], the [[Friulian language|Friulian]] name is ''Comunitât montane'' or ''Comunitât di mont'' and the [[Slovene language|Slovene]] name is ''Gorska skupnost''. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Related pages== * [[Regions of Italy]] * [[Provinces of Italy]] ==Other websites== * [http://www.uncem.it/english-presentation_uncem.html The National Union of Mountain Towns and Communities - UNCEM] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419184911/http://www.uncem.it/english-presentation_uncem.html |date=2014-04-19 }} * {{in lang|it}} [http://www.comuniverso.it/index.cfm?menu=331 Comuniverso: le 211 Comunità montane] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313030241/http://comuniverso.it/index.cfm?menu=331 |date=2016-03-13 }} [[Category:Italian mountain communities| ]]