Sermide 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 Mantua

Province of Mantua

The Province of Mantua is a province in the Lombardy region of northern Italy. Its capital is the city of Mantua.-Communes:It includes 70 comuni , ranging in area from Viadana, with 102.19 km², to Mariana Mantovana, with 8.81 km²....

 in the Italian

Italy

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 region Lombardy

Lombardy

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, located about 180 km southeast of Milan

Milan

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 and about 45 km southeast of Mantua

Mantua

Mantua is a city and comune in Lombardy, Italy and capital of the province of the same name. Mantua's historic power and influence under the Gonzaga family, made it one of the main artistic, cultural and notably musical hubs of Northern Italy and the country as a whole...

. In 31 December 2004, it had a population of 6,533 and an area of 56.9 km².

The small village of Sermide 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): S. Croce, Moglia (also called "moia paes ad la gioia" (Moglia the village of joy), there is also a local way of saying: "Quand al ciel al s'oscura, quei ad la moia in gà minga paura", When the sky gets dark those from Moglia are not afraid), Malcantone, Porcara, and Caposotto.

Sermide borders the following municipalities: Bondeno

Bondeno

Bondeno is a comune in the Province of Ferrara in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 45 km north of Bologna and about 15 km northwest of Ferrara....

, Calto

Calto

Calto is a comune in the Province of Rovigo in the Italian region Veneto, located about 90 km southwest of Venice and about 35 km west of Rovigo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 834 and an area of 11.0 km²....

, Carbonara di Po

Carbonara di Po

Carbonara di Po is a comune in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 170 km east of Milan and about 35 km southeast of Mantua...

, Castelmassa

Castelmassa

Castelmassa is a comune in the Province of Rovigo in the Italian region Veneto, located about 90 km southwest of Venice and about 35 km west of Rovigo...

, Castelnovo Bariano

Castelnovo Bariano

Castelnovo Bariano is a comune in the Province of Rovigo in the Italian region Veneto, located about 90 km southwest of Venice and about 40 km west of Rovigo....

, Felonica

Felonica

Felonica is a comune in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 180 km southeast of Milan and about 50 km southeast of Mantua. , it had a population of 1,586 and an area of 22.5 km².Global data: Province: Mantova. Distance from the chief town : 60...

, Magnacavallo

Magnacavallo

Magnacavallo is a comune in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 170 km southeast of Milan and about 45 km southeast of Mantua....

, Mirandola

Mirandola

Mirandola is a city and comune of Emilia-Romagna, Italy, in the Province of Modena, 31 km northeast of the provincial capital by railway.- History :Mirandola originated as a Renaissance city-fortress...

, Poggio Rusco

Poggio Rusco

Poggio Rusco is a small town and comune in the Province of Mantua, whose inhabitants number 6,459 as of March 31, 2006. It is 42 km away from provincial capital....

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Website: http://www.comune.sermide.mn.it