Lorenzago di Cadore

Lorenzago di Cadore
Lorenžàgo (ladin)
Comune
Comune di Lorenzago di Cadore
Lorenzago di Cadore

Location of Lorenzago di Cadore in Italy

Coordinates: 46°29′N 12°28′E / 46.483°N 12.467°E / 46.483; 12.467Coordinates: 46°29′N 12°28′E / 46.483°N 12.467°E / 46.483; 12.467
Country Italy
Region Veneto
Province / Metropolitan city Province of Belluno (BL)
Government
  Mayor Mario Tremonti (since June 2009) (Civic List)
Area
  Total 27.7 km2 (10.7 sq mi)
Population (Dec. 2004)
  Total 600
  Density 22/km2 (56/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 32040
Dialing code 0435

Lorenzago di Cadore is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Belluno in the Italian region of Veneto, located about 120 kilometres (75 mi) north of Venice and about 45 kilometres (28 mi) northeast of Belluno. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 600 and an area of 27.7 square kilometres (10.7 sq mi).[1]

Lorenzago di Cadore borders the following municipalities: Domegge di Cadore, Forni di Sopra, Lozzo di Cadore, Vigo di Cadore. For a number of years, Lorenzago hosted the summer vacation of Pope John Paul II. In 2007, Pope Benedict XVI was on vacation there.

Giulio Tremonti, twice Italian Finance Minister, was granted honorary citizenship on 29 December 2009; though born in Sondrio, his father was a native from Lorenzago[2] and here the son hosted the drafters of the centre-right proposal of Constitutional amendment.[3]

Demographic evolution

References

  1. All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
  2. "Official website of Lorenzago di Cadore".
  3. The text, initially drafted in the hut of Lorenzago, has been substantially improved in Parliament: Buonomo, Giampiero (2004). "La Costituzione targata Lorenzago: prima analisi della riforma che lascia da parte le questioni più difficili". Diritto&Giustizia edizione online.   via Questia (subscription required)
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