Refrontolo


Refrontolo is a comune in the Province of Treviso in the Italian region Veneto, located about north of Venice and about north of Treviso, representing the third smallest municipality by number of inhabitants in the province, preceded only by Portobuffolé and Monfumo. Since July 7, 2019, Refrontolo's hills have been inscribed as an UNESCO World Heritage Site as The Prosecco Hills of Conegliano and Valdobbiadene.
Refrontolo borders the following municipalities: Cison di Valmarino, Pieve di Soligo, San Pietro di Feletto, Susegana, Tarzo.

Demographics

Overview

In 2016 the natural growth rate of Refrotolo was -6.9, with 11 newborns, 23 deceased, and thus a natural balance of -12. The people entering Refrontolo from other municipalities were 43, the ones entering from abroad were 7, while 1 was written in the registry because of administrative corrections, for a total migratory balance of 4, and a migration rate of 2.3. Overall the total growth rate was decreasing, and with a population of 1,747 on January the 1st, and 1,739 on December the 31st, the average number of people living in the municipality was 1,743.

Economy

In the municipality there are fourteen wineries, and one of them is also a bottler. Typical, being the viticulture a rooted and integrated practice of the area, are the vineyards, historically cultivated as espaliers. Other forms of traditional and/or historical cultivation are the Sylvoz, overturned, double-inverted. Cultivated vines are Prosecco, Marzemino, Verdiso Zentil and Manzoni 6.013. The density of the vines is 2,500 Ha.

Culture

[Folklore]

The bòna man

The tradition of New Year's greetings, involving above all the little ones, who, visiting the homes of relatives and acquaintances, received, in exchange of a greeting nursery rhyme, some sweets or some change. The custom was also widespread among the adults, and generally consisted of seasonal nuts.

'L panevìn">Bonfire#Italy">'L panevìn

Fire ritual that still takes place, above all thanks to the initiative of the Pro Loco, on the evening of January 5, the epiphany's eve. Now practiced with folkloristic accents, once a tradition, rich in cultural meanings, consisting of different phases.

'L porzhèl">Pig">porzhèl de Sant'Antoni">Anthony the Great">Sant'Antoni

It was a pig, donated by a devotee, who soon became accustomed to going around the houses of the village, where it received the lavadura. It was then killed on the day of Saint Anthony, January 17, put up for auction, and the proceeds donated to the poorest or to charitable works.

Carneval">Carnival">Carneval

Neighboring families, or those of the same district, were used to gather at the sound of an accordion, to dance and consume crostoi, frìtoe, and castagnòle. On the last Thursday of the carnival pieces of lard, or other pieces of pork, were offered to the beggars, who stuck them on wooden skewers, while during the last Friday of the carnival, gnocchi were a must for the villagers.

San Valentin">Valentine's Day">San Valentin

The festivity is summarized in the proverb: San Valentin, the naranzhe picade al spin, translatable into Valentine's Day, the oranges attached to the thorn; lovers picked up a branch of hawthorn, and stuck an orange into each thorn. The homage was then placed, during the night, on the threshold of the beloved's house.

Organizations

Government

The municipality has its own functions, and those conferred by the state and regional laws, according to the principle of subsidiarity. It contributes to the determination of the objectives contained in the plans and the programs of the state and the regions and, within the boundaries of its legal competence, provides for their specification and implementation, as well as for the exercise of all the functions suitable to satisfy the interests and needs of the community, with the aim of reaching and consolidating, with a programming method, those values that allow a better quality of life, in compliance with the state and regional laws. The municipality can also carry out its functions through the activities that can be adequately exercised by the autonomous initiative of the citizens and their social formations.
The municipal governing body is composed by the Municipal Council, the City Committee, and the Mayor.

Municipal Council">Municipal council">Municipal Council

[Mayor]

The mayor is the body responsible for the municipal administration, and performs functions of representation, presidency, and superintendency, and eventually of Government Officer as established by the Legislative Decree 267/2000, which also defines the procedures for his election, the cases of incompatibility and ineligibility to the office, its status, and the causes of termination and forfeiture of office.

Administrative duties

The mayor has competences and powers of direction, supervision and control of the activity of the assessors, and of the management and executive bodies, by the issuance of directives to the municipal secretary, the general manager, if appointed, and to the managers of the administrative services, verifying the compliance of the administrative management results in accordance with the given guidelines.
He appoints the members of the municipal council, choosing among them the deputy mayor, and has the power to revoke them by giving motivated communication to the council; he also appoints the managers of the public administration, assigning and defining the needed executive offices and the external collaboration assignments according to the criteria established by the articles 109 and 110 of the Legislative Decree 267/2000, as well as by the municipal statute and regulations.
Moreover he promotes and takes initiatives to ensure that the offices, services, special companies, institutions, and joint stock companies belonging to the municipality carry out their activities according to the guidelines indicated by the municipal council, or the objectives defined by the City Committee, summons the conference between the representatives of all the interested parties in order to verify the possibility of realizing the program agreement and promoting its conclusion, and has initiative and liaison powers with the bodies of popular participation in the local administration, calling meetings for referenda on matters of exclusive local competence, and thus setting up the office for the referenda operations.

List of [Mayor]s of Refrontolo

Notable people

Essential bibliography