Paese 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 Treviso

Province of Treviso

The Province of Treviso is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Treviso.The province has an area of 2,477 km², and a total population of 886.886 . There are 95 municipalities in the province .-Municipalities:-External links:*...

 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 30 km northwest 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 8 km west of Treviso

Treviso

Treviso is a city and comune in Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Treviso and the municipality has 82,854 inhabitants : some 3,000 live within the Venetian walls or in the historical and monumental center, some 80,000 live in the urban center proper, while the city...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 19,898 and an area of 38.0 km².

Geography

The municipality of Paese 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) of Castagnole, Padernello, Porcellengo and Postioma.

Paese borders the following municipalities: Istrana

Istrana

Istrana is a comune in the Province of Treviso in the Italian region Veneto, located about 35 km northwest of Venice and about 12 km west of Treviso...

, Morgano

Morgano

Morgano is a comune in the Province of Treviso in the Italian region Veneto, located about 30 km northwest of Venice and about 12 km west of Treviso...

, Ponzano Veneto

Ponzano Veneto

Ponzano Veneto is a comune in the Province of Treviso in the Italian region Veneto, located about 30 km north of Venice and about 6 km northwest of Treviso....

, Quinto di Treviso

Quinto di Treviso

Quinto di Treviso is a comune in the Province of Treviso in the Italian region Veneto, located about 25 km northwest of Venice and about 7 km southwest of Treviso....

, Trevignano

Trevignano

Trevignano is a town and comune in the province of Treviso, Veneto, Italy.The commune of Trevignano contains the towns of Trevignano, Signoressa, Musano & Falzé ....

, Treviso

Treviso

Treviso is a city and comune in Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Treviso and the municipality has 82,854 inhabitants : some 3,000 live within the Venetian walls or in the historical and monumental center, some 80,000 live in the urban center proper, while the city...

, Volpago del Montello

Volpago del Montello

Volpago del Montello is a comune in the Province of Treviso in the Italian region Veneto, located about 40 km northwest of Venice and about 15 km northwest of Treviso.-External links:*...

.

The people of Paese speak both Italian and dialetto veneto (the dialect of the Veneto region).

External links

Paese official website