Mogliano Veneto (Venetian: Mogian [moˈdʒaŋ]) is a town and comune in the province of Treviso, Veneto, northern Italy, located halfway between Mestre (Venice) and Treviso.
Mogliano Veneto
Mogian (Venetian) | |
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| Città di Mogliano Veneto | |
 War Memorial and City Hall | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Mogliano Veneto  | |
  Mogliano Veneto Location of Mogliano Veneto in Italy  Mogliano Veneto Mogliano Veneto (Veneto) | |
| Coordinates: 45°34′43″N 12°14′11″E / 45.57861°N 12.23639°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Veneto |
| Province | Treviso (TV) |
| Frazioni | Bonisiolo, Campocroce, Marocco, Mazzocco, Zerman |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Carola Arena (PD) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 46.15 km2 (17.82 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 8 m (26 ft) |
| Population (30 November 2008)[2] | |
| • Total | 28,082 |
| • Density | 610/km2 (1,600/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Moglianesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 31021 |
| Dialing code | 041 |
| Patron saint | Santa Maria Assunta |
| Saint day | August 15 |
| Website | Official website |
Culture
editMogliano Veneto Is the birthplace of the novel writer Giuseppe Berto and the lyric soprano Toti Dal Monte. A Literary award is entitled to Berto and is given every year by a local committee to the best first work written in Italian.
Transport
editMogliano is cut in two by a busy street, known as Terraglio, a historical road linking Treviso and Mestre/Venice. Mogliano Veneto railway station is on the busy Venice–Udine railway and, like Mestre, serves as a dormitory town for people working in the surrounding industrial areas. Train services operate to Venice, Treviso, Udine and Trieste.
Twin towns
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Ricadi, Italy
Lisieux, France
Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina
Sports
editF.C. Union Pro Mogliano-Preganziol A.S.D.[3] is the Italian football team of the city and of Preganziol and was founded in 2012 after the merge of A.S.D. Pro Mogliano Calcio (founded in 1928) and ASD Union Preganziol (founded in 1962).[4] Currently it plays in Italy's Serie D after the promotion from Eccellenza Veneto Girone B in the 2013–14 season.
Its home ground is Stadio Comunale with 2,300 seats of the city. The team's colors are white and blue.
References
edit- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "F.C. Union Pro Mogliano-Preganziol A.S.D." Comune of Mogliano Veneto.
- ^ "Nasce F.C. Union Pro". F.C. Union Pro. Archived from the original on 2016-03-06.
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