Stienta 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 Rovigo

Province of Rovigo

The Province of Rovigo is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Rovigo.It borders on the north with the provinces of Verona, Padua and Venice, on the south with the province of Ferrara, on the west with the province of Mantua, and on the eastwith the Adriatic Sea.-...

 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 80 km southwest 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 25 km southwest of Rovigo

Rovigo

Rovigo is a town and comune in the Veneto region of North-Eastern Italy, the capital of the eponymous province. -Geography:...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,118 and an area of 24.1 km².

The municipality of Stienta 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) Argine Sabato, Argine Valle Est, Argine Valle Ovest, Beccari, Bentivoglio, Boaria Gilliola, Boaria Guerra, Boaria Roveta, Boaria Val dell'Oca e Casetta, Boaria Val di Mezzo, Boaria Varotta, Brigo, Chiavicone, Fazzenda, Folega, Guratti, Ponte Favarzano, Prati Nuovi, Sabbioni, and Zampine.

Stienta borders the following municipalities: Bagnolo di Po

Bagnolo di Po

Bagnolo di Po is a comune in the province of Rovigo, in Veneto, Italy. It is bounded by other communes of Castelguglielmo, Trecenta, Canda, and Ficarolo....

, Castelguglielmo

Castelguglielmo

Castelguglielmo is a comune in the Province of Rovigo in the Italian region Veneto, located about 80 km southwest of Venice and about 20 km southwest of Rovigo...

, Ferrara

Ferrara

Ferrara is a city and comune in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital city of the Province of Ferrara. It is situated 50 km north-northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream of the Po River, located 5 km north...

, Fiesso Umbertiano

Fiesso Umbertiano

Fiesso Umbertiano is a comune in the Province of Rovigo in the Italian region Veneto, located about 80 km southwest of Venice and about 20 km southwest of Rovigo...

, Gaiba

Gaiba

Gaiba is a comune in the Province of Rovigo in the Italian region Veneto, located about 80 km southwest of Venice and about 25 km southwest of Rovigo....

, Occhiobello

Occhiobello

Occhiobello is a comune in the Province of Rovigo in the Italian region Veneto, located about 80 km southwest of Venice and about 25 km southwest of Rovigo.-External links:*...

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External links

• www.municipiostientaro.it/