Papozze 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 Rovigo

Province of Rovigo

The Province of Rovigo is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Rovigo.It borders on the north with the provinces of Verona, Padua and Venice, on the south with the province of Ferrara, on the west with the province of Mantua, and on the eastwith the Adriatic Sea.-...

 in the Italian

Italy

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 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 50 km southwest 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 20 km southeast of Rovigo

Rovigo

Rovigo is a town and comune in the Veneto region of North-Eastern Italy, the capital of the eponymous province. -Geography:...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,706 and an area of 21.8 km².

The municipality of Papozze 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) Arginone, Borgo, Braglia, Campagnola, Corte Fustignona, Curicchi, La Bissara, Le Motte, Marcanta, Panarella, and Santi.

Papozze borders the following municipalities: Adria

Adria

Adria is a town and comune in the province of Rovigo in the Veneto region of Northern Italy, situated between the mouths of the rivers Adige and Po....

, Ariano nel Polesine

Ariano nel Polesine

Ariano nel Polesine is a comune in the Province of Rovigo in the Italian region Veneto, located about 60 km southwest of Venice and about 30 km southeast of Rovigo....

, Berra

Berra

Berra is a comune in the Province of Ferrara in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 70 km northeast of Bologna and about 30 km northeast of Ferrara...

, Corbola

Corbola

Corbola is a comune in the Province of Rovigo in the Italian region Veneto, located about 50 km southwest of Venice and about 25 km southeast of Rovigo...

, Villanova Marchesana

Villanova Marchesana

Villanova Marchesana is a comune in the Province of Rovigo in the Italian region Veneto, located about 60 km southwest of Venice and about 15 km southeast of Rovigo...

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