Revine Lago
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Revine Lago 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 60 km north of Venice
Venice
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 and about 35 km north 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 2,190 and an area of 18.7 km².

The municipality of Revine Lago contains the frazioni
Frazione
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(subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Revine, Lago, and Santa Maria (Sede Municipale).

Revine Lago borders the following municipalities: Cison di Valmarino
Cison di Valmarino
Cison di Valmarino is a village and comune with 2,553 inhabitants in the province of Treviso-Prehistory:There is evidence that the area has been inhabited since prehistoric times from archaeological discoveries in Follina from the Paleolithic Mesolithic eras, to roof tiles and other fragments from...

, Limana
Limana
Limana is a comune in the Province of Belluno in the Italian region Veneto, located about 70 km north of Venice and about 5 km southwest of Belluno...

, Tarzo
Tarzo
Tarzo is a comune in the Province of Treviso in the Italian region Veneto, located about 60 km north of Venice and about 35 km north of Treviso...

, Trichiana
Trichiana
Trichiana is a comune in the Province of Belluno in the Italian region Veneto, located about 70 km north of Venice and about 10 km southwest of Belluno.-External links:*...

, Vittorio Veneto
Vittorio Veneto
Vittorio Veneto is a city and comune situated in the Province of Treviso, in the region of Veneto, Italy, in the northeast of the Italian peninsula, between the Piave and the Livenza rivers.-Geography:...

.

Geography and Climate

The municipality is dividend in two main areas: the Prealpi side and the valley.
The Prealpi side is a slope almost completely covered by wood. It begins on the last peaks of the Prealpi Bellunesi (Monte Cor, La Posa) at 1200-1300 meters heigh, and decrease until the bottom of the valley. The highest altitude is of 1344 m. Two lakes are situated in the valley: lake of Santa Maria, and lake of Lago. These are located in a plain, the lowest part of the municipality (224m). The majority of the buildings are situated between the slope and the lakes.
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