Poggio Rusco

Poggio Rusco
Comune
Comune di Poggio Rusco
Historical center in 2013, with ongoing restorations after the 2012 earthquake.
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 44°58′40″N 11°07′10″E / 44.97778°N 11.11944°E / 44.97778; 11.11944
Country	Italy
Region	Lombardy
Province	Mantua (MN)
Frazioni	Dragoncello, Quattrocase, Segonda, Stoppiaro
Government
• Mayor	Fabio Zacchi
Area [1]
• Total	42.29 km2 (16.33 sq mi)
Elevation	16 m (52 ft)
Population  (31 August 2020)[2]
• Total	6,474
• Density	150/km2 (400/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Poggesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	46025
Dialing code	0386
Patron saint	St.Mary
Saint day	May 31
Website	Official website

Poggio Rusco (Lower Mantovano: Al Pòs) is a small town and comune in the Province of Mantua, whose inhabitants number 6,474 as of August 31, 2020. It is 42 kilometres (26 mi) from the provincial capital.

The town lies in the southeast of the Oltrepò Mantovano area, 9 kilometres (6 mi) from the Po River and just 2 kilometres (1 mi) from Province of Modena, equidistant to principal cities of the Po Valley such as Mantua, Verona, Ferrara, Bologna and Modena.

Transportation[]

State Road 12, called Abetone-Brennero, which links Po Valley with Germany, intersects the Provincial Road 496, which connects Mantua with Ferrara.

Here the Bologna-Verona-Brennero-Munich railway line meets the La Spezia-Parma-Suzzara-Poggio Rusco-Ferrara-Ravenna-Rimini line, which links the Adriatic Sea with Tyrrhenian Sea.

Twin cities[]

• Condé-sur-Noireau, France, since 1999

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External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Poggio Rusco.

• PoggioRusco.net - Poggio Rusco internet community
• PoggioRusco.net Images Gallery^{[permanent dead link]}
• Poggio Rusco on Flickr

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