Selva di Progno 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 Verona

Province of Verona

The Province of Verona is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Verona.-Overview:The province has an area of 3,109 km², and a total population of 912,981...

 in the Italian

Italy

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 region Veneto

Veneto

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, located about 90 km west 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 25 km northeast of Verona

Verona

Verona ; German Bern, Dietrichsbern or Welschbern) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy, with approx. 265,000 inhabitants and one of the seven chef-lieus of the region. It is the second largest city municipality in the region and the third of North-Eastern Italy. The metropolitan area of Verona...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 985 and an area of 41.2 km².

The municipality of Selva di Progno 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) Giazza (Ljetzan, where the Germanic language Cimbric, or locally "tauc,", is spoken), Campofontana, and San Bartolomeo delle Montagna e San Bortolo.

Selva di Progno borders the following municipalities: Ala, Badia Calavena

Badia Calavena

Badia Calavena is a comune in the Province of Verona in the Italian region Veneto, located about 90 km west of Venice and about 20 km northeast of Verona.-External links:*...

, Bosco Chiesanuova

Bosco Chiesanuova

Bosco Chiesanuova is a comune in the Province of Verona in the Italian region Veneto, located about 100 km west of Venice and about 20 km north of Verona...

, Crespadoro

Crespadoro

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, Recoaro Terme

Recoaro Terme

Recoaro Terme is a town and comune in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy. It is known for his mineral spring waters: Lora is bottled and commercialized, while some of the others are used for hydrotherapy in Terme Recoaro Spa.-History:...

, Roverè Veronese

Roverè Veronese

Roverè Veronese is a comune in the Province of Verona in the Italian region Veneto, located about 100 km west of Venice and about 20 km northeast of Verona...

, Velo Veronese

Velo Veronese

Velo Veronese is a comune in the Province of Verona in the Italian region Veneto, located about 100 km west of Venice and about 20 km northeast of Verona...

, and Vestenanova

Vestenanova

Vestenanova is a comune in the Province of Verona in the Italian region Veneto, located about 90 km west of Venice and about 25 km northeast of Verona...

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External links

• www.baldolessinia.it/selva/