Cologna Veneta

Cologna Veneta
Country	Italy
region	Veneto
province	Verona  (VR)
Local name	Cologna
Coordinates	45 ° 19 ′  N , 11 ° 22 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 19 ′ 0 ″  N , 11 ° 22 ′ 0 ″  E
height	24  m slm
surface	42.99 km²
Residents	8,514 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	198 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	37044
prefix	045
ISTAT number	023027
Popular name	Colognesi
Patron saint	Virgin Mary's birth
Website	Cologna Veneta

Cologna Veneta is a northern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 8514 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Verona in Veneto . The municipality is located about 34 kilometers southeast of Verona , about 30 kilometers southwest of Vicenza and about 40 kilometers west-southwest of Padua . Cologna Veneta borders directly on the province of Vicenza . The Guà flows through the municipality .

history

The area was originally settled by the Venetians and the Euganeans . Archaeological finds prove that there was already a settlement, possibly an army camp, in the time of Augustus. At the end of the Middle Ages, Cologna Veneta became part of the Republic of Venice .

traffic

The station on the former railway line from Treviso to Ostiglia has since been abandoned when the line was closed in 1987. The former Strada Statale 500 di Lonigo or del Colognese runs through the village .

Sons and daughters

• Francesco Sarego , religious, emeritus Roman Catholic Bishop of Goroka in Papua New Guinea

Web links

Commons : Cologna Veneta  - 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.