Montegrotto Terme is a comune

Comune

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(municipality) in the Province of Padua

Province of Padua

The Province of Padua is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Padua.-History and territory:...

 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 45 km west of Venice

Venice

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 and about 11 km southwest of Padua

Padua

Padua is a city and comune in the Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Padua and the economic and communications hub of the area. Padua's population is 212,500 . The city is sometimes included, with Venice and Treviso, in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area, having...

.

Montegrotto Terme is a spa resort, part of the Terme Euganee spas. The Euganean Hills

Euganean Hills

The Euganean Hills are a group of hills of volcanic origin that rise to heights of 300 to 600 meters from the Padovan-Venetian plain a few kilometers south of Padua. The Colli Euganei form the first regional park established in the Veneto, enclosing fifteen towns and eighty-one hills...

 (Colli Euganei) are located nearby.

Montegrotto Terme borders the following municipalities: Abano Terme

Abano Terme

Abano Terme is a town and comune in the province of Padua, in the Veneto region, Italy, on the eastern slope of the Colli Euganei; it is 10 kilometers southwest by rail from Padua. Abano Terme's population is 19,062 .The town's hot springs and mud baths are the main economic resource...

, Battaglia Terme

Battaglia Terme

Battaglia Terme is a town and comune in the Veneto region of Italy, in the province of Padua.Battaglia lies at the easternmost edge of the volcanic Euganean Hills, and has been noted for its warm saline springs and natural vapour grotto since the Middle Ages.-History:The construction of the...

, Due Carrare

Due Carrare

Due Carrare is a comune in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about 40 km southwest of Venice and about 15 km south of Padua....

, Galzignano Terme

Galzignano Terme

Galzignano Terme is a comune in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about 50 km southwest of Venice and about 15 km southwest of Padua.-Main sights:...

, Torreglia

Torreglia

Torreglia is a comune in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about 45 km west of Venice and about 14 km southwest of Padua. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 5,978 and an area of 18.8 km²....

.

Twin towns

Alajuela, Costa Rica

Costa Rica

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, since 2005 Baile Herculane

Baile Herculane

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, Romania, since 2004 Berettyoujfalu

Berettyóújfalu

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, Hungary Bordano

Bordano

Bordano is a comune in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 90 km northwest of Trieste and about 30 km northwest of Udine, on the right bank of the Tagliamento river....

, Italy Mason City

Mason City

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, USA, since 2004 Mostar

Mostar

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, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina

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, since 2000 Rio Hondo

Rio Hondo

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, Argentina, since 2005

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