Pastrengo 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 Verona in the
Italian
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** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
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*** Regional Ita ...
region
Veneto
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, located about west of
Venice
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and about northwest of
Verona
Verona ( , ; vec, Verona or ) is a city on the Adige River in Veneto, Italy, with 258,031 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region. It is the largest city municipality in the region and the second largest in nor ...
. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,486 and an area of .
[All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute ]Istat
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.
The municipality of Pastrengo contains the ''
frazione
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 era (1922–1943) as a way to consolidate territ ...
'' (subdivision) Piovezzano.
Pastrengo borders the following municipalities:
Bardolino,
Bussolengo
Bussolengo is an Italian town of 19,574 inhabitants on the Adige River in province of Verona, Veneto. One of its oldest churches is the frescoed church of San Valentino.
Geography
Bussolengo borders with the municipalities of Castelnuovo del Ga ...
,
Cavaion Veronese,
Lazise,
Pescantina, and
Sant'Ambrogio di Valpolicella
Sant'Ambrogio di Valpolicella ( vec, Sant’Anbroxio) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verona in the Italian region Veneto, located about west of Venice and about northwest of Verona.
Sant'Ambrogio di Valpolicella borders the fo ...
.
Pastrengo is known for the
Battle of Pastrengo which was fought between the
Piedmontese
Piedmontese (; autonym: or , in it, piemontese) is a language spoken by some 2,000,000 people mostly in Piedmont, northwestern region of Italy. Although considered by most linguists a separate language, in Italy it is often mistakenly reg ...
and
Austria
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n armies on 30 April 1848, in the course of the
First Italian War of Independence.
The local parish church is the
Parrocchia Esaltazione della Santa Croce.
Demographic evolution
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References
Cities and towns in Veneto
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