Cavallino-Treporti

Cavallino-Treporti is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Venice, Veneto, northern Italy.

Cavallino-Treporti
Comune
Comune di Cavallino-Treporti
The church of Treporti.
Coat of arms
Location of Cavallino-Treporti
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Coordinates: 45°27′N 12°27′E
Country	Italy
Region	Veneto
Metropolitan city	Venice (VE)
Frazioni	Ca' Ballarin, Ca' Pasquali, Ca' Savio (communal seat), Ca' di Valle, Ca' Vio, Cavallino, Lio Grando, Lio Piccolo, Mesole, Punta Sabbioni, Saccagnana, Treporti
Government
• Mayor	Roberta Nesto
Area [1]
• Total	44 km2 (17 sq mi)
Elevation	1 m (3 ft)
Population  (31 May 2008)[2]
• Total	12,897
• Density	290/km2 (760/sq mi)
Demonym	Cavallinotti - Treportini
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	30010, 30013
Dialing code	041
Website	Official website

The commune occupies a peninsula, which divides the Venetian Lagoon from the Adriatic Sea. The river Sile forms the north-eastern boundary with the comune of Jesolo. The comune is composed of several boroughs, including Cavallino, Treporti, Punta Sabbioni and others.

Every year, about 6 million visitors choose Cavallino Treporti for their holidays so the economy of the town is mostly based on tourism, in specific, summer tourism. Thanks to the large number of the visitors, Cavallino is the second most popular seaside resort in Italy. The beach is 15 km long and near the seaside there are about 30 villages-camps. The hotels are full of tourists from Northern Europe - Germany, Austria, Denmark. In the summer days that aren't suitable for bathing, the tourists usually go to Venice and to the islands of the Venetian lagoon (Burano, Torcello, Murano). The islands are easily accessible with boats that leave from Punta Sabbioni terminal and from Treporti-Ricevitoria.

History

Prior to 1999, Cavallino-Treporti was part of the comune of Venice. In 1998 residents voted to separate from Venice, and the separate commune was constituted the following year.^[3]