Buttapietra 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 Verona

Province of Verona

The Province of Verona is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Verona.-Overview:The province has an area of 3,109 km², and a total population of 912,981...

 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 110 km west 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 10 km southwest of Verona

Verona

Verona ; German Bern, Dietrichsbern or Welschbern) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy, with approx. 265,000 inhabitants and one of the seven chef-lieus of the region. It is the second largest city municipality in the region and the third of North-Eastern Italy. The metropolitan area of Verona...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 6,195 and an area of 17.2 km².

The municipality of Buttapietra 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) Bovo and Marchesino e Settimo Gallese.

Buttapietra borders the following municipalities: Castel d'Azzano

Castel d'Azzano

Castel d'Azzano is a comune in the Province of Verona in the Italian region Veneto, located about 110 km west of Venice and about 6 km southwest of Verona...

, Isola della Scala

Isola della Scala

Isola della Scala is a comune of c. 10,000 inhabitants in the Province of Verona in the Italian region of Veneto, located about 90 km west of Venice and about 20 km southeast of Verona....

, Oppeano

Oppeano

Oppeano is a comune in the Province of Verona in the Italian region Veneto, located about 90 km west of Venice and about 20 km southeast of Verona.-External links:*...

, San Giovanni Lupatoto

San Giovanni Lupatoto

San Giovanni Lupatoto is a town and comune in the Province of Verona in the Italian region Veneto, located about 100 km west of Venice and about 7 km southeast of Verona....

, Verona

Verona

Verona ; German Bern, Dietrichsbern or Welschbern) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy, with approx. 265,000 inhabitants and one of the seven chef-lieus of the region. It is the second largest city municipality in the region and the third of North-Eastern Italy. The metropolitan area of Verona...

, and Vigasio

Vigasio

Vigasio is a comune in the Province of Verona in the Italian region Veneto, located about 110 km west of Venice and about 14 km southwest of Verona...

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External links

• www.comunedibuttapietra.it/