Vigonovo Explained

Vigonovo
Official Name:Comune di Vigonovo
Coordinates:45.3833°N 15°W
Metropolitan City:Venice (VE)
Frazioni:Celeseo, Galta, Tombelle
Italian: [[località]]: Baita, Giudecca, Pava
Mayor Party:M5S
Mayor:Andrea Danieletto
Area Total Km2:12.79
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:9796
Population As Of:30 April 2009
Population Demonym:Italian: vigonovesi
Elevation M:15
Saint:Assumption of Mary
Day:15 August
Postal Code:30030
Area Code:049
Istat:027043

Vigonovo (from Latin Latin: vicus novus, "new village") is a town and Italian: [[comune]] (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Venice, Veneto, Italy.

History

Before the year 1000 BC the territory was inhabited by Etruscans, Euganeans and Paleoveneti.

It is believed that around 1000 BC after the destruction of Troy by the Greeks, the members of a tribe of Paphlagonia (province of Asia Minor), called Heneti (hence the name Veneti), landed on the Adriatic coasts and settled there after having expelled the locals Etruscans.

Until medieval times, the town was called Sarmazza after a settlement of Sarmatians (an ancient people coming from the East).

Geography

Vigonovo is located in the most extreme point of the area of the Venetian villas that have made the Riviera del Brenta known.

With its Italian: [[frazione|frazioni]] (boroughs) of Galta, Tombelle and Celeseo, Vigonovo is extending for about 13 square km west of the Brenta river on flat land. Extremely rich in waterways, in addition to the Brenta, the territory is crossed by the Piovego canal and minor others.

The town borders the municipalities of Fossò and Stra in Venice, and those of Noventa Padovana, Padua, Sant'Angelo di Piove di Sacco and Saonara in the Province of Padua.

Transport

Vigonovo is located south of the Italian: [[State highways (Italy)|strada statale]] .

References

Notes and References

  1. All demographics and other statistics from the Italian statistical institute (Istat)