Sona, Veneto

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Sona
Sona (Veneto)
Coordinates: 45°26′N10°50′E / 45.433°N 10.833°E / 45.433; 10.833
Country Italy
Region Veneto
Province Verona (VR)
Frazioni Lugagnano, Palazzolo, San Giorgio in Salici
Area
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  Total
41.14 km2 (15.88 sq mi)
Elevation
169 m (554 ft)
Population
 (2008) [2]
  Total
16,856
  Density409.7/km2 (1,061/sq mi)
Demonym Sonesi
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
37060
Dialing code 045
ISTAT code 023083
Saint day6 August
Website Official website

Sona is a comune with a population of 14,269 in the province of Verona in Italy with an area of 41.14 square kilometres (15.88 square miles).

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Physical Geography

The municipality of Sona, which is located about halfway between Verona, from which it is 13.5 km away, and the Lake Garda, borders to the Bussolengo to the north, Verona to the east, Sommacampagna to the south, Valeggio sul Mincio to the southwest, and Castelnuovo del Garda to the northwest. The municipal territory, which develops for a large part between the morainic hills of the bottom, formed by the glacier sliding towards the valley that gave way to Lake Garda, develops between 83 meters of the flat portion of the territory and 240 meters of the higher hill. high, while the Town Hall rises 169 meters. [3]

Twin towns

Sona is twinned with:

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Church of Lugagnano
The moraine hills created by the glacier of Lake Garda during the last glaciation. Area between Sona and Sommacampagna Colline moreniche del Garda.jpg
The moraine hills created by the glacier of Lake Garda during the last glaciation. Area between Sona and Sommacampagna
Lugagnano Fort, part of the Austro-Hungarian fortress of Verona, in 1863. Photo by Moritz Lotze (1809-1890) Forte Lugagnano bis.jpg
Lugagnano Fort, part of the Austro-Hungarian fortress of Verona, in 1863. Photo by Moritz Lotze (1809-1890)

References

  1. "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. All demographics and other statistics from the Italian statistical institute (Istat); PDF [ permanent dead link ]
  3. "Sona". Archived from the original on 30 July 2017.

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