Badia Polesine is a comune

Comune

In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

(municipality) in the Province of Rovigo

Province of Rovigo

The Province of Rovigo is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Rovigo.It borders on the north with the provinces of Verona, Padua and Venice, on the south with the province of Ferrara, on the west with the province of Mantua, and on the eastwith the Adriatic Sea.-...

 in the Italian

Italy

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 region Veneto

Veneto

Veneto is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about 5 million, ranking 5th in Italy.Veneto had been for more than a millennium an independent state, the Republic of Venice, until it was eventually annexed by Italy in 1866 after brief Austrian and French rule...

, located about 70 km southwest of Venice

Venice

Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...

 and about 25 km west of Rovigo

Rovigo

Rovigo is a town and comune in the Veneto region of North-Eastern Italy, the capital of the eponymous province. -Geography:...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 10,719 and an area of 44.5 km².

The municipality of Badia Polesine contains the frazioni

Frazione

A frazione , in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other administrative divisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere...

(subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Barchetta, Bovazecchino-Serraglio, Ca'Bulgaron, Colombano, Crocetta, Fornaci, Masetti, Nezzo, Orti, Rosta, Salvaterra, Villa d'Adige, and Villafora.

Badia Polesine borders the following municipalities: Canda

Canda

Canda is a comune in the Province of Rovigo in the Italian region Veneto, located about 80 km southwest of Venice and about 20 km west of Rovigo...

, Castagnaro

Castagnaro

Castagnaro is a comune in the Province of Verona in the Italian region Veneto, located about 80 km southwest of Venice and about 50 km southeast of Verona...

, Castelbaldo

Castelbaldo

Castelbaldo is a comune in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about 80 km southwest of Venice and about 45 km southwest of Padua. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,694 and an area of 15.2 km².Castelbaldo borders the following municipalities:...

, Giacciano con Baruchella

Giacciano con Baruchella

Giacciano con Baruchella is a comune in the Province of Rovigo in the Italian region Veneto, located about 80 km southwest of Venice and about 25 km west of Rovigo....

, Lendinara

Lendinara

Lendinara is a town and comune in the province of Rovigo, Veneto, northern Italy. It is part of the historical and geographical region of Polesine.It is the birthplace of Domenico Montagnana , one of the world's finest violin and cello makers....

, Masi

Masi, Italy

Masi is a comune in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about 70 km southwest of Venice and about 45 km southwest of Padua. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,810 and an area of 13.7 km²....

, Piacenza d'Adige

Piacenza d'Adige

Piacenza d'Adige is a comune in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about 70 km southwest of Venice and about 40 km southwest of Padua...

, Terrazzo

Terrazzo, Italy

Terrazzo is a comune in the Province of Verona in the Italian region Veneto, located about 80 km southwest of Venice and about 45 km southeast of Verona...

, Trecenta

Trecenta

Trecenta is a comune in the Province of Rovigo in the Italian region Veneto, located about 80 km southwest of Venice and about 25 km west of Rovigo....

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