 In 16 of them, they are the majority of the population.In addition to these, since the early 1920s, the Slovenes have been settling in the industrial areas of the lower Isonzo valley, in the lowland areas around Monfalcone, known as Bisiacaria, and in larger Friulian towns (such as Udine, Pordenone, Conegliano and others).The former are nowadays considered members of the Slovene autochthonous minority and thus enjoy certain collective minority rights, while the latter do not.