Gazzo is a ''
comune
The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...
'' (municipality) in the
Province of Padua
The Province of Padua (''Provincia di Padova'') is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Padua.
Geography
It has an area of 2,142 km2, and a total population of 936,492 (2016) making it the most populated pr ...
in the
Italian
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region
Veneto
Veneto (, ; vec, Vèneto ) or Venetia is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about five million, ranking fourth in Italy. The region's capital is Venice while the biggest city is Verona.
Veneto was part of the Roman Empire unt ...
, located about northwest of
Venice
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and about northwest of
Padua
Padua ( ; it, Padova ; vec, Pàdova) is a city and ''comune'' in Veneto, northern Italy. Padua is on the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice. It is the capital of the province of Padua. It is also the economic and communications hub of the ...
. As of 31 August 2017, it had a population of 4,302 and an area of .
[All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute ]Istat
The Italian National Institute of Statistics ( it, Istituto nazionale di statistica; Istat) is the main producer of official statistics in Italy. Its activities include the census of population, economic censuses and a number of social, economic ...
.
The municipality of Gazzo contains the ''
frazioni
A ''frazione'' (plural: ) is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' (municipality) in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist Italy (1922–1943), Fascist era (1922–1943) as ...
'' (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Grossa, Gaianigo, Grantortino, and Villalta.
Gazzo borders the following municipalities:
Camisano Vicentino
Camisano Vicentino ( vec, Camixan Visentin) is a town in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, northern Italy. It is north of SP24, and about from Autostrada A4.
Twin towns — sister cities
Camisano Vicentino is twinned with:Grantorto
Grantorto is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about northwest of Venice and about northwest of Padua. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 4,072 and an area of .All demographics ...
,
Grumolo delle Abbadesse Grumolo delle Abbadesse is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, north-eastern Italy. It is on SP24 provincial road.
The ''frazione'' (hamlet) of Vancimuglio is home to Andrea Palladio
Andrea Palladio ( ; ; 30 November 1508 ...
,
Piazzola sul Brenta
Piazzola sul Brenta is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about west of Venice and about northwest of Padua.
Main sights
*Villa Contarini, begun by Andrea Palladio
Andrea Palladio ( ; ...
,
Quinto Vicentino Quinto Vicentino is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy. It is east of A31.
The town is the birthplace of Urbano Lazzaro, the Italian partisan who identified and arrested Benito Mussolini
Benito Amilcare Andrea M ...
,
San Pietro in Gu
San Pietro in Gu is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about northwest of Venice and about northwest of Padua.
San Pietro in Gu borders the following municipalities: Bolzano Vicentino, Bres ...
,
Torri di Quartesolo
Torri di Quartesolo is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, northern-eastern Italy.
Geography
It is north of E70 and west of A31, and has its own highway junction called "Vicenza Est", off the Autostrada A4.
Economy
The air ...
.
Demographic evolution
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References
External links
www.comune.gazzo.pd.it
Cities and towns in Veneto
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