Pojana Maggiore
Pojana Maggiore | |
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| Comune di Poiana Maggiore | |
 Church in Pojana Maggiore | |
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  Pojana Maggiore Location within Italy  Pojana Maggiore Location within Veneto | |
| Coordinates: 45°17′N 11°30′E / 45.283°N 11.500°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Veneto |
| Province | Vicenza (VI) |
| Frazioni | Cagnano, Cicogna |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Paola Fortuna |
| Area | |
• Total | 28.62 km2 (11.05 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 14 m (46 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2015)[2] | |
• Total | 4,336 |
| • Density | 151.5/km2 (392.4/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Poianesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 36026 |
| Dialing code | 0444 |
| Website | Official website |
Pojana Maggiore is a town and comune in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, north-eastern Italy. It is the site of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Villa Pojana, designed by the Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio. The town has reputation for its agriculture. It is bounded by the other communes of Noventa Vicentina and Montagnana.
Culture
[edit]Education
[edit]Pojana Maggiore has two preschools, two primary schools, and one lower secondary school.[3] The municipality is also home to a public library.
Subdivisions
[edit]The municipality includes the frazioni (hamlets) of Cagnano and Cicogna.
Cicogna is notable for being divided among three provinces—Vicenza, Verona, and Padua—and three municipalities: Pojana Maggiore, Roveredo di Guà, and Montagnana.[4][5]
Other localities within the municipality include Ponte Cazzola, Paradiso, Scavezzà, Contellena-Lovato, Conche, Spello-Tognetti, Ponte Novo, and Capitello.
Economy
[edit]The local economy is primarily based on agriculture, while most of the municipality's industrial activity is concentrated in the hamlet of Cagnano.
As in much of the southern Vicenza area, tobacco cultivation was introduced between the two World Wars and became an important component of the local economy, surpassing the traditional cultivation of wheat and maize. Tobacco production also provided seasonal employment for many rural women.[6]
The municipal territory forms part of the production area for Prosciutto Veneto Berico-Euganeo, a protected designation of origin (PDO) cured ham.
Transport
[edit]Pojana Maggiore is connected to neighbouring towns by provincial roads and, since 2015, has had access to the national motorway network via the southern section of the A31 Valdastico, with the Noventa Vicentina interchange located approximately 7 km (4.3 mi) away.
The municipality is served by interurban bus services operated by Ferrovie e Tramvie Vicentine (FTV) and Busitalia Veneto.
Between 1887 and 1948, Pojana Maggiore was served by a stop on the Vicenza–Noventa–Montagnana tramway, operated by the Società Tramvie Vicentine (later FTV). The line played an important role in the economy of the southern Vicenza area by facilitating trade with Vicenza and the transport of sugar beet to the sugar refinery in Montagnana. In 1941, Società Eridania Zuccherifici Nazionali established a weighing station near the tram stop for sugar beet harvested in the surrounding countryside. The facility and station building were demolished in the 1980s.[6]
Twin towns
[edit]Pojana Maggiore is twinned with:
Roana, Italy, since 1996
References
[edit]- ↑ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ↑ ISTAT
- ↑ "Sito del Comune - Scuole". Archived from the original on 31 December 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ↑ Stefano Caniato (16 August 2025). "Roveredo, tra il Guà e il Sudamerica. Il paese dove anche la Cicogna si divide in tre". L'Arena.
- ↑ Paola Bosaro (14 April 2026). "Cicogna, la frazione divisa fra tre province. Il rilancio passa dall'ecoturismo". L'Arena.
- 1 2 Nicola Paganotto, Graziano Fontana (2012). Pojana Maggiore: cinquant'anni di storia in bianco e nero, 1900-1950. Sossano: Giovani editori.
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