Farra d'Alpago
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Farra d'Alpago 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 Belluno
Province of Belluno
TheThe Province of Belluno is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Belluno.It has an area of 3,678 km², and a total population of 214,026 .-Geography:...

 in the Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 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 north 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 12 km east of Belluno
Belluno
Belluno , is a town and province in the Veneto region of northern Italy. Located about 100 kilometres north of Venice, Belluno is the capital of the province of Belluno and the most important city in the Eastern Dolomiti's region. With its roughly 37,000 inhabitants, it the largest populated area...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,787 and an area of 41.2 km².

Geography

Farra d'Alpago borders the following municipalities: Belluno
Belluno
Belluno , is a town and province in the Veneto region of northern Italy. Located about 100 kilometres north of Venice, Belluno is the capital of the province of Belluno and the most important city in the Eastern Dolomiti's region. With its roughly 37,000 inhabitants, it the largest populated area...

, Fregona
Fregona
Fregona is a comune in the Province of Treviso in the Italian region Veneto, located about 60 km north of Venice and about 40 km north of Treviso...

, Ponte nelle Alpi
Ponte nelle Alpi
Ponte nelle Alpi is a comune in the Province of Belluno in the Italian region Veneto, located about 80 km north of Venice and about 8 km northeast of Belluno....

, Puos d'Alpago
Puos d'Alpago
Puos d'Alpago is a comune in the Province of Belluno in the Italian region Veneto, located about 80 km north of Venice and about 12 km east of Belluno. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,365 and an area of 13.8 km².Puos d'Alpago borders the following municipalities:...

, Tambre
Tambre
Tambre is a comune in the Province of Belluno in the Italian region Veneto, located about 80 km north of Venice and about 15 km east of Belluno...

, Vittorio Veneto
Vittorio Veneto
Vittorio Veneto is a city and comune situated in the Province of Treviso, in the region of Veneto, Italy, in the northeast of the Italian peninsula, between the Piave and the Livenza rivers.-Geography:...

, and is on the coast of the Lago di Santa Croce
Lago di Santa Croce
The Lago di Santa Croce is a semi-natural lake in the province of Belluno, Veneto, northern Italy, located between Farra d'Alpago and Santa Croce.The lake is located at 386 m ASL and currently has an area of 7.2 km², with an average depth of 33m....

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It counts 12 hamlets (frazioni): Buscole, Campon, Lastra, Pian Cansiglio, Pian Osteria, Pianture, Poiatte, Santa Croce, Spert, Tomas, Villaggio Riviera and Villanova.
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