Polesella
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Country | Italy | |
region | Veneto | |
province | Rovigo (RO) | |
Local name | Polsèla | |
Coordinates | 44 ° 58 ′ N , 11 ° 45 ′ E | |
height | 6 m slm | |
surface | 16.57 km² | |
Residents | 3,824 (Dec 31, 2019) | |
Population density | 231 inhabitants / km² | |
Post Code | 45038 | |
prefix | 0425 | |
ISTAT number | 029037 | |
Popular name | Rodigini | |
Website | Polesella |
Polesella is a north-eastern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 3824 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Rovigo in Veneto . The municipality is located about 11.5 kilometers south of Rovigo on the Po and about 18 kilometers northeast of Ferrara . Polesella borders directly on the province of Ferrara and is part of the southern Polesine .
history
Polesella was in the Etruscan settlement area. However, the breach of the dam in 589 ( Rotta di Cucca ) had completely flooded the area and destroyed possible evidence. In 1509 the Battle of Polesella took place on the Po , in which the Duke of Ferrara destroyed the galleys of the Republic of Venice .
Community partnerships
Polesella has partnerships with the Slovak city of Lučenec in the Poiplie region and with the Croatian municipality of Svetvinčenat in the Istria County .
Personalities
- Thiago Motta (* 1982), whose family comes from Polesella
traffic
Strada Statale 16 Adriatica runs through the municipality . The station is on the Padua – Bologna line .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.