Buja

Buja (Buje or Buie) is a comune (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Udine in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 80 km northwest of Trieste and about 20 km northwest of Udine.

Buja borders the following municipalities: Artegna, Colloredo di Monte Albano, Gemona del Friuli, Majano, Osoppo, Treppo Grande.

History
According to a 12-century copy of a document dated August 4th, 792, Buja (Boga) was donated to Patriarch Paulinus II of Aquileia by Charlemagne. In 1371, Patriarch Marquard of Randeck granted Buia its own communal statues, establishing a Council of Twenty-Four which annually elected a mayor from its membership.

Twin towns — sister cities
Buja is twinned with:


 * 🇮🇹 Aprilia, Italy, since 1997
 * 🇩🇪 Vilsbiburg, Germany, since 2001
 * 🇫🇷 Domont, France, since 2008