Orgiano

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Orgiano
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Orgiano (Italy)
Orgiano
Country Italy
region Veneto
province Vicenza  (VI)
Local name Orgian
Coordinates 45 ° 21 '  N , 11 ° 28'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 21 '0 "  N , 11 ° 28' 0"  E
height 30  m slm
surface 18.1 km²
Residents 3,051 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 169 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 36040
prefix 0444
ISTAT number 024075
Popular name Orgianesi
Website Orgiano

Orgiano is a northeastern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 3051 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Vicenza in Veneto . The municipality is located about 23 kilometers south-southwest of Vicenza on the edge of the Colli Berici .

history

The community was the settlement area of ​​the Euganeans , and Celtic tribes had also settled here. The community only became known with the conquest by the Republic of Venice in 1404. Before that, troops from Padua and Vicenza had razed the old and new castle complex several times. In 1908, today's neighboring municipality Asigliano Veneto was detached from the municipality .

Web links

Commons : Orgiano  - 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.