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Lonigo
Comune di Lonigo
Location of Lonigo
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Lonigo is located in Italy
Lonigo
Lonigo
Location of Lonigo in Italy
Lonigo is located in Veneto
Lonigo
Lonigo
Lonigo (Veneto)
Coordinates: 45°23′0″N 11°23′0″E / 45.38333°N 11.38333°E / 45.38333; 11.38333
CountryItaly
RegionVeneto
ProvinceVicenza (VI)
FrazioniAlmisano, Bagnolo, Lobia Vicentina, Madonna, Monticello
Government
 • MayorLuca Restello
Area
 • Total
49 km2 (19 sq mi)
Elevation
31 m (102 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2015)[2]
 • Total
16,391
 • Density330/km2 (870/sq mi)
DemonymLeoniceni
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
36045
Dialing code0444
Patron saintSts. Quirico and Giulitta
Saint dayMarch 25
WebsiteOfficial website

Lonigo is a town and comune in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, northern Italy, its population counts around 16,000 inhabitants.[3]

In its frazione of Bagnolo is the Villa Pisani, a Renaissance patrician villa designed by Andrea Palladio, which is part of a World Heritage Site. There are a number of villas associated with the Pisani family in the Veneto, and there is a second one in Lonigo - usually called "Rocca Pisana", it was designed by Vincenzo Scamozzi.

Outside the town is the church and complex of the 16th-century Santuario Santa Maria dei Miracoli.

Twin towns

Lonigo is twinned with:

Transport

References

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. ^ Source: ISTAT - Bilancio demografico al 31/12/2009 [1].

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