Lonigo

Lonigo
Country	Italy
region	Veneto
province	Vicenza  (VI)
Coordinates	45 ° 23 '  N , 11 ° 33'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 23 '0 "  N , 11 ° 33' 0"  E
height	31  m slm
surface	49.39 km²
Residents	16,431 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	333 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	36045
prefix	0444
ISTAT number	024052
Popular name	Leoniceni
Patron saint	Santi Quirico and Giulitta (March 25)
Website	Lonigo

Lonigo is a northern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 16,431 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Vicenza in Veneto . Lonigo or the district of Bagnolo is located on the Guà. The municipality borders the province of Verona . The municipality is located about 30 kilometers east of Verona and 30 kilometers southwest of Vicenza .

history

The name of the municipality comes from the Roman family Leonici Flavii . Already in the 10th century the place was called castro leunico and mentioned in a document. In the following centuries, the places in the area were under the rule of the City of Padua and the Republic of Venice .

traffic

Lonigo station on the Milan – Venice line is actually in the municipality of San Bonifacio in the province of Verona.

Attractions

The Villa Pisani belongs as one of the of Andrea Palladio designed and built villas for World Heritage of the city of Vicenza and the villas of Andrea Palladio.

Personalities

• Niccolò Leoniceno (1428-1524), humanist

Sports

The Italian Grand Prix in Speedway has taken place five times in Lonigo.

Town twinning

• Abensberg , Bavaria

Web links

Commons : Lonigo  - 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.