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).

Sona
Comune di Sona
Church
Church
Location of Sona
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Sona is located in Italy
Sona
Sona
Location of Sona in Italy
Sona is located in Veneto
Sona
Sona
Sona (Veneto)
Coordinates: 45°26′N 10°50′E / 45.433°N 10.833°E / 45.433; 10.833
CountryItaly
RegionVeneto
ProvinceVerona (VR)
FrazioniLugagnano, Palazzolo, San Giorgio in Salici
Area
 • Total41.14 km2 (15.88 sq mi)
Elevation
169 m (554 ft)
Population
 (2008)[2]
 • Total16,856
 • Density410/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
DemonymSonesi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
37060
Dialing code045
ISTAT code023083
Saint day6 August
WebsiteOfficial website

Physical Geography

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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

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Sona is twinned with:

 
Church of Lugagnano
 
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)

References

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  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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