page_title: Monfalcone
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Monfalcone / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: veduta di Monfalcone dal Lisert; foto di nuvoledicarta2003, scattata il 14 febbraio 2009
context_page_description: Monfalcone is a town and comune of the province of Gorizia in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, northern Italy, located on the Gulf of Trieste. Monfalcone means 'falcon mountain' in Italian.
  It is a major industrial centre for manufacturing ships, airplanes, textiles, chemicals, and refined oil. It is the home of the Fincantieri cruise ship building company.
context_section_description: Monfalcone is the fifth most populous town in Friuli-Venezia Giulia and the main centre of Bisiacaria territory. Joined to its neighbourhoods, it has about 50,000 inhabitants. The town lies between the Karst hills and the Adriatic coast, and it is the northernmost port of the Mediterranean Sea.
caption: Monfalcone port
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