Bigarello 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 region Lombardy

Lombardy

Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region, making it the most populous and richest region in the country and one of the richest in the whole of Europe...

, located about 140 km east of Milan

Milan

Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...

 and about 8 km east 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...

. , it had a population of 1,850 and an area of 27.0 km².

Geography

The municipality 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) of Bazza, Gazzo (municipal seat) and Stradella.

Bigarello borders the following municipalities: Castel d'Ario

Castel d'Ario

Castel d'Ario is a comune in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 150 km east of Milan and about 15 km east of Mantua. It was the birthplace of car race driver Tazio Nuvolari....

, Castelbelforte

Castelbelforte

Castelbelforte is a comune in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 140 km east of Milan and about 9 km northeast of Mantua. , it had a population of 2,636 and an area of 22.3 km²....

, Roncoferraro

Roncoferraro

Roncoferraro is a comune in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 140 km southeast of Milan and about 11 km southeast of Mantua....

, San Giorgio di Mantova

San Giorgio di Mantova

San Giorgio di Mantova is a comune in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 130 km east of Milan and about 3 km east of Mantua....

, Sorgà

Sorgà

Sorgà is a comune with 3115 inhabitants in the province of Verona....

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External links

Official site of Bigarello