Piovene Rocchette
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Country | Italy | |
region | Veneto | |
province | Vicenza (VI) | |
Coordinates | 45 ° 46 ′ N , 11 ° 25 ′ E | |
height | 277 m slm | |
surface | 12 km² | |
Residents | 1,392 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density | 116 inhabitants / km² | |
Post Code | 36013 | |
prefix | 0445 | |
ISTAT number | 024001 | |
Popular name | Piovenesi or Rocchettensi | |
Patron saint | Stephen (December 26th) | |
Website | Piovene Rocchette |
Piovene Rocchette is a northern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 1392 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Vicenza in Veneto . The municipality is located about 25 kilometers north-northwest of Vicenza at the foot of Monte Summano . The Astico flows through Piovene Rocchette .
traffic
The A31 della Valdastico autostrada , the Vicenzas tangential, ends at Piovene Rocchette . The narrow-gauge railways that led from Rocchette towards Schio , Arsiero and Asiago have all been closed since the 1950s. The (standard gauge) connection to Thiene was shut down in 1964.
Trivia
With the Peugeot Type 3 , Italy's first automobile was registered in Piovene Rocchette on Gaetano Rossi in 1893. The ascent from Piovene Rocchette to Monte Summano is a pilgrimage to the mountain sanctuary on the mountain plateau.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.