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Poggio Rusco

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Poggio Rusco
Comune di Poggio Rusco
Coat of arms of Poggio Rusco
Location of Poggio Rusco
Map
CountryItaly
RegionLombardy
ProvinceMantua (MN)
FrazioniAgnolo, Dragoncello, Quattrocase, Segonda, Stoppiaro, Verdonda
Government
 • MayorSergio Rinaldoni (since May 30, 2006)
Area
 • Total42.35 km2 (16.35 sq mi)
Elevation
16 m (52 ft)
Population
 (March 31, 2006)[2]
 • Total6,459
 • Density150/km2 (400/sq mi)
DemonymPoggesi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
46025
Dialing code0386
Patron saintSt.Mary
Saint dayMay 31
WebsiteOfficial website

Poggio Rusco is a small town and comune in the Province of Mantua, whose inhabitants number 6,641 as of January 1, 2015. It is 42 kilometres (26 mi) from the provincial capital.

The town extends its territory in the south-eastern Oltrepò Mantovano, 9 kilometres (6 mi) from the Po River and just 2 kilometres (1 mi) from Province of Modena, equidistant position to important cities of Po Valley like Mantua, Verona, Ferrara, Bologna and Modena.

Poggio Rusco is considered an important road junction. Statal Road 12, called Abetone-Brennero, which links Po Valley with Germany, intersects the Provincial Road 496, which connects Mantua with Ferrara.

In the same way, Poggio Rusco is a strategic railroad junction. Here the Bologna-Verona-Brennero-Munich line meets the La Spezia-Parma-Suzzara-Poggio Rusco-Ferrara-Ravenna-Rimini line which links the Adriatic with Tyrrhenian Sea.

Twin cities

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.