Badia Polesine

Badia Polesine
Country	Italy
region	Veneto
province	Rovigo  (RO)
Coordinates	45 ° 6 ′  N , 11 ° 30 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 6 ′ 0 ″  N , 11 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  E
height	11  m slm
surface	44.55 km²
Residents	10,125 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	227 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	45021
prefix	0425
ISTAT number	029004
Popular name	Badiesi
Patron saint	Theobald of Provins
Website	Badia Polesine

Piazza Vangadizza with the Abbey in Badia Polesine

Badia Polesine is a north-eastern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 10,125 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Rovigo in Veneto . The municipality is located about 23 kilometers west of Rovigo on the Adige . It represents the north-western part of the Polesine , the land between the Adige and Po at its confluence with the Adriatic Sea . The municipality borders directly on the provinces of Padua and Verona .

history

La Badia is mentioned as early as the 6th century . The municipality has been using the title città (city) since 1817.

traffic

Strada Statale 434 Transpolesana runs through the municipality from Verona to Rovigo. The train station on the route between Verona and Rovigo has also existed since 1876.

Community partnerships

Badia Polesina has partnerships with the Spanish municipality of Estepa in Andalusia and with the French municipality of Saint-Thibault-des-Vignes in the Seine-et-Marne department .

Personalities

• Eugenio Francesco Balzan (1874–1953), philanthropist, patron
• Guido Viaro (1897–1971), Italian-Brazilian painter and art college teacher
• Bruno Munari (1907–1998), painter and graphic artist
• Alberto Azzo II. D'Este (996, 997 or 1009 to 1097), Guelph Prince , buried in the Abbey Vangadizza

Web links

Commons : Badia Polesine  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.