Valdagno

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Valdagno
coat of arms
Valdagno (Italy)
Valdagno
Country Italy
region Veneto
province Vicenza  (VI)
Coordinates 45 ° 39 ′  N , 11 ° 18 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 39 ′ 0 ″  N , 11 ° 18 ′ 0 ″  E
height 266  m slm
surface 50.2 km²
Residents 26,075 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 519 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 36070, 36074, 36078
prefix 0445
ISTAT number 024111
Popular name Valdagnesi
Patron saint Klemens (November 23)
Website Valdagno
Valdagno with the Pasubio in the background

Valdagno is a north-eastern Italian town and municipality ( comune ) with 26,075 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Vicenza in the Veneto region . The place is about 25 kilometers northwest of Vicenza .

The name of the place denotes the valley (Valle) of the river Amnius or Agno or the alder (lat. Alnus ).

history

The place is founded in 861. The first written mention of the name goes back to the year 1179, when the place was given as a fief by the Bishop of Vicenza to the Trissino family. From 1291 to 1340 the place was under the Republic of Venice , then Bernabò Visconti of Milan, 1404 to 1797, when the Republic of Venice dissolved itself in the face of Napoleon's threats , Valdagno was Venetian. At the beginning of the 19th century the place was under French and Austrian rule and from 1866 belonged to the Kingdom of Italy .

Since 1956 the city has had its own library, the Biblioteca civica Villa Valle , today located in the Palace Villa Valle.

Personalities

Town twinning

Web links

Commons : Valdagno  - 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.
  2. ↑ Luciano Chilese: L'origine del nome e del comune di Valdagno , in: Quaderni del gruppo storico Valle dell'Agno 31 (2006) 19-42.