Venaria Reale

Venaria Reale
Country	Italy
region	Piedmont
Metropolitan city	Turin  (TO)
Coordinates	45 ° 7 ′  N , 7 ° 38 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 7 ′ 0 ″  N , 7 ° 38 ′ 0 ″  E
height	262  m slm
surface	20 km²
Residents	33,249 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	1,662 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	10078
prefix	011
ISTAT number	001292
Popular name	Venariesi
Patron saint	Sant'Eusebio
Website	Venaria

Venaria Reale or Venaria for short ( Piedmontese la Venarìa or la Venerìa ) is a city with 33,249 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the Italian metropolitan city of Turin (TO), Piedmont region . The name Venaria comes from the Latin Ars Venatoria .

The districts of Altessano and Savonera belong to Venaria Reale. The neighboring municipalities are Robassomero , Caselle Torinese , Druento , Borgaro Torinese , Turin , Pianezza and Collegno . The patron saint of the place is Sant'Eusebio.

geography

The place is at an altitude of 262 m above sea level. The municipality covers an area of ​​20 km².

traffic

Venaria Reale has a junction with the A55 , the Turin motorway bypass. From the A55, the A32 to France , the A5 to the Aosta Valley and the A4 to Milan branch off in the vicinity . Various municipal roads lead to neighboring Turin. In the urban area of ​​Venaria Reale there are two stations of Line A of the Turin S-Bahn : the central Venaria station and the Rigola Stadio station south of it . The latter station is of particular importance because of the Juventus Stadium ; the football stadium of Juventus lies directly south of the community frontier. Turin Airport is located about five kilometers north of Venaria Reale on the aforementioned S-Bahn line .

Attractions

The Reggia di Venaria Reale royal palace, part of the residences of the House of Savoy, and the adjacent La Mandria nature park are located in the municipality . The name of the hunting lodge built in the 17th century and the town to the south-east of it is derived from the Latin Venatio Regia , the royal hunt.

Others

Immediately south of the Royal Palace is the Venaria Reale military airfield , one of the oldest in Italy.

Population development

sons and daughters of the town

• Francesco Zagatti (1932–2009), football player and coach
• Michele Lessona (1823-1894), zoologist
• Diego Fuser (* 1968), soccer player and coach
• Roberto Cravero (* 1964), football player
• Giovanni Pasquale (* 1982), football player

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.

Web links

Commons : Venaria Reale  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality (Italian)
• Information at comuni-italiani.it (Italian)