Polesella

Polesella
Country	Italy
region	Veneto
province	Rovigo  (RO)
Local name	Polsèla
Coordinates	44 ° 58 ′  N , 11 ° 45 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 58 ′ 0 ″  N , 11 ° 45 ′ 0 ″  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 Municipal Council

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

Commons : Polesella  - 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.