San Giorgio delle Pertiche
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San Giorgio delle Pertiche 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 Padua
Province of Padua
The Province of Padua is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Padua.-History and territory:...

 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 35 km northwest 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 14 km northeast of Padua
Padua
Padua is a city and comune in the Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Padua and the economic and communications hub of the area. Padua's population is 212,500 . The city is sometimes included, with Venice and Treviso, in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area, having...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 8,617 and an area of 18.8 km².

The municipality of San Giorgio delle Pertiche 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) Arsego and Cavino.

San Giorgio delle Pertiche borders the following municipalities: Borgoricco
Borgoricco
Borgoricco is a comune in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about 30 km northwest of Venice and about 14 km northeast of Padua....

, Campo San Martino
Campo San Martino
Campo San Martino is a comune in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about 40 km northwest of Venice and about 15 km north of Padua...

, Campodarsego
Campodarsego
Campodarsego is a comune in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about 30 km west of Venice and about 10 km northeast of Padua.-External links:*...

, Camposampiero
Camposampiero
Camposampiero is a town and comune in the province of Padua, Veneto, northern Italy.-Twin towns - sister cities:Camposampiero is twinned with Jasło, Poland, since November 2002...

, Curtarolo
Curtarolo
Curtarolo is a comune in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about 40 km west of Venice and about 11 km north of Padua...

, Santa Giustina in Colle
Santa Giustina in Colle
Santa Giustina in Colle is a comune in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about 35 km northwest of Venice and about 15 km north of Padua...

, Vigodarzere
Vigodarzere
Vigodarzere is a comune in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about 35 km west of Venice and about 4 km northeast of Padua....

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