Marghera
Encyclopedia
Marghera is a frazione
of the comune
of Venice, Italy
. It includes the industrial area known as Porto Marghera or Venezia Porto Marghera.
Municipalità di Marghera, one of the six boroughs of Venice's comune, includes 30.000 inhabitants (only Marghera includes 17.000 inhabitants).
of Mestre
(now also a frazione
of Venice) was destined to the construction of a commercial and industrial port, as well as of a residential area for its workers. The Enichem fertilizer
company operates in Marghera.
The name "Marghera", comes from the fact that the area where the present city was built, was once a marine swamp. In the Venetian dialect, in fact, "Mar gh' era" means "There was the sea".
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...
of the 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:...
of Venice, Italy
Italy
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. It includes the industrial area known as Porto Marghera or Venezia Porto Marghera.
Municipalità di Marghera, one of the six boroughs of Venice's comune, includes 30.000 inhabitants (only Marghera includes 17.000 inhabitants).
History
Marghera appeared in 1920, when a part of the townTown
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
of Mestre
Mestre
Mestre is a city part of the comune of Venice, in Veneto, northern Italy.The city is connected to Venice by a large rail and road bridge, called Ponte della Libertà ....
(now also a frazione
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...
of Venice) was destined to the construction of a commercial and industrial port, as well as of a residential area for its workers. The Enichem fertilizer
Fertilizer
Fertilizer is any organic or inorganic material of natural or synthetic origin that is added to a soil to supply one or more plant nutrients essential to the growth of plants. A recent assessment found that about 40 to 60% of crop yields are attributable to commercial fertilizer use...
company operates in Marghera.
The name "Marghera", comes from the fact that the area where the present city was built, was once a marine swamp. In the Venetian dialect, in fact, "Mar gh' era" means "There was the sea".