Castagnaro

Castagnaro
Country	Italy
region	Veneto
province	Verona  (VR)
Local name	Castagnàr or Castagnàro
Coordinates	45 ° 7 ′  N , 11 ° 25 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 7 ′ 0 ″  N , 11 ° 25 ′ 0 ″  E
height	14  m slm
surface	34.74 km²
Residents	3,663 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	105 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	37043, 37040
prefix	0442
ISTAT number	023020
Popular name	Castagnaresi
Patron saint	Nicholas of Myra
Website	Castagnaro

Castagnaro is a north-eastern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 3663 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Verona in Veneto . The municipality is located about 48.5 kilometers southeast of Verona on the Adige and borders directly on the province of Rovigo .

history

In March 1387 there was a battle of the same name between the troops of Verona and Padua near Castagnaro , which was won by Padua. The battle was almost exclusively fought by mercenaries, the so-called condottieri .

Community partnerships

•  Fischbachau

traffic

The municipality lies with a train station on the railway line from Verona to Rovigo . The Strada Statale 434 Transpolesana also runs through Castagnaro roughly parallel to the railway line.

Web links

Commons : Castagnaro  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Castagnaro municipality

Individual evidence

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