Monteforte d'Alpone

Monteforte d'Alpone
Country	Italy
region	Veneto
province	Verona  (VR)
Local name	Monteforte d'Alpon
Coordinates	45 ° 25 ′  N , 11 ° 16 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 25 ′ 0 ″  N , 11 ° 16 ′ 0 ″  E
height	38  m slm
surface	20.4 km²
Residents	9,016 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	442 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	37032
prefix	045
ISTAT number	023050
Popular name	Montefortiani
Patron saint	Anthony the Great
Website	Monteforte d'Alpone

Monteforte d'Alpone is a northern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 9016 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Verona in Veneto . The municipality is located about 23 kilometers east-southeast of Verona and about 25 kilometers southwest of Vicenza in the Val d'Alpone . Monteforte d'Alpone borders the province of Vicenza .

history

In 1207, Monteforte d'Alpone was transferred from the city of Verona to Bishop Adelardo. Eventually the town became part of the Republic of Venice .

Economy and Transport

Soave is grown in the municipality .

The municipality is located a little north of the A4 autostrada , which extends west-east from Turin towards Trieste . The next motorway junction is in Soave / San Bonifacio . The nearest train station on the route from Verona to Venice is also in San Bonifacio.

Sons and daughters

• Roberto Pace (1935-2017), Italian entomologist
• Giuseppe Pellegrini (* 1953), Catholic clergyman, Bishop of Concordia-Pordenone

Web links

Commons : Monteforte d'Alpone  - 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.