Nogara

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Comune di Nogara
Coat of arms of Comune di Nogara
Municipal coat of arms

Location of Nogara in Italy
Country Flag of Italy Italy
Region Veneto
Province Verona (VR)
Mayor Oliviero Albino Olivieri
Elevation 18 m (59 ft)
Area 38.9 km² (15 sq mi)
Population (as of 2007-06-01[1])
 - Total 8,365
 - Density 215/km² (557/sq mi)
Time zone CET, UTC+1
Coordinates 45°11′N, 11°4′E
Gentilic Nogaresi
Dialing code 0442
Postal code 37054, 37050 frazioni
Frazioni Brancon, Calcinaro, Campalano
Patron St. Peter
 - Day July 16
Website: www.comune.nogara.vr.it

Nogara is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Verona in the Italian region Veneto, located about 100 km southwest of Venice and about 30 km south of Verona.

Nogara borders the following municipalities: Erbè, Gazzo Veronese, Isola della Scala, Salizzole, Sanguinetto, and Sorgà.

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[edit] Main sights

  • Chapel of St. Peter, known from 905. It was the pieve which Nogara gradually grew from during the early Middle Ages.
  • Church of St. Sylvester (12th century).
  • Church of St. Gregory the Great (1533).
  • Palazzo Maggi (16th century).
  • Villa Marogna (1548)

[edit] Demographic evolution

[edit] References

  1. ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.

[edit] External links