Veneto

Veneto is one of the twenty regions of Italy, in northeastern Italy on the Adriatic Sea. The capital is Venice.

Veneto
Region of Italy
Palazzo Balbi, headquarters of the region in Venice
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Italy
Capital	Venice
Government
• President	Luca Zaia[1]
Area
• Total	18,407.42 km2 (7,107.14 sq mi)
Population  (1 January 2017)[2]
• Total	4,907,529
• Density	270/km2 (690/sq mi)
Demonym	Vèneti
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
GDP/ Nominal	€166.4[3] billion (2015)
NUTS Region	ITE3
Website	Regione del Veneto

Geography

The region is in Northeast Italy, bordered to the north by the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region (and Austria in the northeastern corner), to the east by the Friuli Venezia Giulia region, to the southeast and south by the Adriatic Sea, to the southwest by the Emilia-Romagna region, and to the west by the Lombardy region.

Veneto is the 8th largest region in Italy, with a total area of 18,407.42 km² (7,107.1 sq mi).^[4] The main river in the region is the Po. The highest mountain in the region is Marmolada (46°26′4″N 11°51′5″E), in the Belluno province, with an altitude of 3,342 m (10,965 ft).^[5]

Provinces

Veneto is divided in a Metropolitan City (Venice) and six provinces:

Veneto provinces.

Provinces of the Veneto region

Province	Area[4] (km²)	Population[2] (2017)	Density (inh./km2)	Comuni
Province of Belluno (BL)	3,672.26	205,781	56.0	64
Province of Padua (PD)	2,144.15	936,274	436.7	104
Province of Rovigo (RO)	1,819.35	238,588	131.1	50
Province of Treviso (TV)	2,479.83	885,972	357.3	95
Metropolitan City of Venice (VE)	2,472.91	854,275	345.5	44
Province of Verona (VR)	3,096.39	921,557	297.9	98
Province of Vicenza (VI)	2,722.53	865,082	317.7	120
Total	18,407.42	4,907,529	266.6	575

Largest municipalities

The 10 comuni with more people living in it are:

No.	Comuni	Province	Population[2] (2017)	Area[6] (km2)	Density (inh./km2)
1	Venice	VE	261,905	415.90	629.7
2	Verona	VR	257,353	198.92	1,293.8
3	Padua	PD	209,829	93.03	2.3
4	Vicenza	VI	112,198	80.57	1,392.6
5	Treviso	TV	83,950	55.58	1,510.4
6	Rovigo	RO	51,625	108.81	474.5
7	Chioggia	VE	49,650	187.91	264.2
8	Bassano del Grappa	VI	43,395	47.06	922.1
9	San Donà di Piave	VE	41,883	78.88	531.0
10	Schio	VI	39,219	66.21	592.3

Gallery

• 
  Piazza San Marco, Venice.
• 
  Botanical garden, Padua
• 
  The Palazzo Chiericati, Vicenza

References

1. "Il Presidente della Regione del Veneto" (in Italian). Regione del Veneto. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
2. "Statistiche demografiche ISTAT" (in Italian). Demo.istat.it. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
3. "Eurostat – Tables, Graphs and Maps Interface (TGM) table". Epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu. 2011-03-11. Retrieved 2011-06-03.
4. "Regione Veneto" (in Italian). Tuttitalia.it. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
5. "Marmolada, Italy". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
6. "Comuni veneti per popolazione" (in Italian). Tuttitalia.it. Retrieved 2 October 2017.

Other websites

• Regione del Veneto Official site (in Italian)

45°26′23″N 12°19′55″E