Pieve di Ledro was 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 Trentino in the Italian

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. On January 1, 2010 it merged (with Bezzecca

Bezzecca

Bezzecca was a comune in Trentino in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. On January 1, 2010 it merged in the new municipality of Ledro....

, Concei

Concei

Concei was a comune in Trentino in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. On January 1, 2010 it merged in the new municipality of Ledro....

, Molina di Ledro

Molina di Ledro

Molina di Ledro was a comune in Trentino in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. On January 1, 2010 it merged in the new municipality of Ledro...

, Tiarno di Sopra

Tiarno di Sopra

Tiarno di Sopra was a comune in Trentino in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. On January 1, 2010 it merged in the new municipality of Ledro....

 and Tiarno di Sotto

Tiarno di Sotto

Tiarno di Sotto was a comune in the Trentino in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. On January 1, 2010 it merged in the new municipality of Ledro....

) in the new municipality of Ledro

Ledro

Ledro is an Italian comune in Trentino in northern Italy. It was created on January 1, 2010 by the union of the former comuni of Pieve di Ledro, Bezzecca, Concei, Molina di Ledro, Tiarno di Sopra and Tiarno di Sotto.-History:...

, as its municipal seat.

History

On July 18, 1866 the village was the theatre of a battle part of the Third Italian War of Independence

Third Italian War of Independence

The Third Italian War of Independence was a conflict which paralleled the Austro-Prussian War, and was fought between the Kingdom of Italy and the Austrian Empire.-Background:...

. It was the prelude of the Battle of Bezzecca

Battle of Bezzecca

The Battle of Bezzecca was fought on July 21, 1866 between Italy and Austria, in the course of the Third Italian Independence War. The Italian force, the Hunters of the Alps, were led by Giuseppe Garibaldi, and had invaded Trentino as part of the general Italian offensive against the Austrian...

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Geography

Pieve di Ledro, located about 35 km southwest of Trento

Trento

Trento is an Italian city located in the Adige River valley in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. It is the capital of Trentino...

, bordered with the following municipalities: Concei

Concei

Concei was a comune in Trentino in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. On January 1, 2010 it merged in the new municipality of Ledro....

, Riva del Garda

Riva del Garda

Riva del Garda is a town and comune in the northern Italian province of Trentino. It is also known simply as Riva. The estimated population is 15,151.- History :...

, Bezzecca

Bezzecca

Bezzecca was a comune in Trentino in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. On January 1, 2010 it merged in the new municipality of Ledro....

 and Molina di Ledro

Molina di Ledro

Molina di Ledro was a comune in Trentino in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. On January 1, 2010 it merged in the new municipality of Ledro...

.

Demographic evolution

As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 585 and an area of 19.0 km².

External links

Pieve di Ledro page on Ledro official website