Motteggiana 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 130 km southeast 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 15 km south 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 2,282 and an area of 24.6 km².

The municipality of Motteggiana 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) Torricella and Villa Saviola.

Motteggiana borders the following municipalities: Borgoforte

Borgoforte

Borgoforte is a comune in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 130 km southeast of Milan and about 14 km southwest of Mantua....

, Pegognaga

Pegognaga

Pegognaga is a comune in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 140 km southeast of Milan and about 20 km south of Mantua.-History:...

, San Benedetto Po

San Benedetto Po

San Benedetto Po is a comune in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 150 km southeast of Milan and about 15 km southeast of Mantua....

, Suzzara

Suzzara

Suzzara is a comune in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 130 km southeast of Milan and about 20 km south of Mantua...

, Viadana.

External links

• www.comune.motteggiana.mn.it/
• http://lombardia.indettaglio.it/eng/comuni/mn/motteggiana/motteggiana.html