Sant'Urbano
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Sant'Urbano 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
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 60 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 35 km southwest 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 2,189 and an area of 31.8 km².

The municipality of Sant'Urbano 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) Carmignano, Ca' Morosini, and Balduina.

Sant'Urbano borders the following municipalities: Barbona
Barbona
Barbona is a comune in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about 60 km southwest of Venice and about 40 km southwest of Padua...

, Granze
Granze
Granze is a comune in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about 50 km southwest of Venice and about 30 km southwest of Padua. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,803 and an area of 11.4 km²....

, Lendinara
Lendinara
Lendinara is a town and comune in the province of Rovigo, Veneto, northern Italy. It is part of the historical and geographical region of Polesine.It is the birthplace of Domenico Montagnana , one of the world's finest violin and cello makers....

, Lusia
Lusia
Lusia is a comune in the Province of Rovigo in the Italian region Veneto, located about 60 km southwest of Venice and about 10 km northwest of Rovigo...

, Piacenza d'Adige
Piacenza d'Adige
Piacenza d'Adige is a comune in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about 70 km southwest of Venice and about 40 km southwest of Padua...

, Vescovana
Vescovana
Vescovana is a comune in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about 60 km southwest of Venice and about 35 km southwest of Padua...

, Vighizzolo d'Este
Vighizzolo d'Este
Vighizzolo d'Este is a comune in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about 60 km southwest of Venice and about 30 km southwest of Padua...

, Villa Estense
Villa Estense
Villa Estense is a comune in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about 60 km southwest of Venice and about 30 km southwest of Padua. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,407 and an area of 16.0 km².Villa Estense borders the following...

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