Badia Polesine
Comune
Comune di Badia Polesine
Part of Vangadizza Abbey in the centre of Badia Polesine.
Location of Badia Polesine
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Coordinates: 45°6′N 11°30′E / 45.100°N 11.500°E / 45.100; 11.500
Country	Italy
Region	Veneto
Province	Rovigo (RO)
Frazioni	Barchetta, Bovazecchino-Serraglio, Ca' Bulgaron, Colombano, Crocetta, Fornaci, Masetti, Nezzo, Orti, Rosta, Salvaterra, Villa d'Adige, Villa Fora
Government
• Mayor	Giovanni Rossi
Area [1]
• Total	44.53 km2 (17.19 sq mi)
Elevation	11 m (36 ft)
Population  (30 April 2022)[2]
• Total	10,001
• Density	220/km2 (580/sq mi)
Demonym	Badiesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	45021
Dialing code	0425
Website	Official website

Badia Polesine is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Rovigo in the Italian region Veneto, located about 70 kilometres (43 miles) southwest of Venice and about 25 kilometres (16 miles) west of Rovigo. It is part of the upper Polesine, and is bounded by the Adige river, which separates the communal territory from the province of Padua.

Badia Polesine borders the following municipalities: Canda, Castagnaro, Castelbaldo, Giacciano con Baruchella, Lendinara, Masi, Piacenza d'Adige, Terrazzo, Trecenta. The main sight is the abbey of Vangadizza.

The town has a station on the Verona-Legnago-Rovigo railroad. It can be reached by road through the SS343 Transpolesana national road and the A31 motorway.

Twin towns

Badia Polesine is twinned with:

• Estepa, Spain
• Saint-Thibault-des-Vignes, France

Sport

• Valentino Degani-Tino Magnan" Stadium (Football)

• Nuovi Impianti Sportivi Comunali hosted the Italy versus France match during the 2015 Women's Six Nations Championship.

• The Stadio Ottorino Verzaro built in 1928, which is located on the Via Roma, was used as a motorcycle speedway venue, and hosted important events, including qualifying rounds of the Italian Championships, as part of the Speedway World Championship, starting in 1987^[3][4] and a qualifying round of the Speedway World Team Cup in 1981.^[5]

References

External links

• Official website

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