Poggio Rusco

Poggio Rusco
Comune
Comune di Poggio Rusco
Poggio Rusco Location of Poggio Rusco in Italy
Coordinates:
Country	Italy
Region	Lombardy
Province / Metropolitan city	Mantua (MN)
Frazioni	Agnolo, Dragoncello, Quattrocase, Segonda, Stoppiaro, Verdonda
Government
• Mayor	Sergio Rinaldoni (since May 30, 2006)
Area
• Total	42.35 km2 (16.35 sq mi)
Elevation	16 m (52 ft)
Population (March 31, 2006)
• Total	6,459
• Density	150/km2 (400/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Poggesi
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	46025
Dialing code	0386
Patron saint	St.Mary
Saint day	May 31
Website	Official website

Poggio Rusco is a small town and comune in the Province of Mantua, whose inhabitants number 6,641 as of January 1, 2015. It is 42 kilometres (26 mi) from the provincial capital.

The town extends its territory in the south-eastern Oltrepò Mantovano, 9 kilometres (6 mi) from the Po River and just 2 kilometres (1 mi) from Province of Modena, equidistant position to important cities of Po Valley like Mantua, Verona, Ferrara, Bologna and Modena.

Poggio Rusco is considered an important road junction. Statal Road 12, called Abetone-Brennero, which links Po Valley with Germany, intersects the Provincial Road 496, which connects Mantua with Ferrara.

In the same way, Poggio Rusco is a strategic railroad junction. Here the Bologna-Verona-Brennero-Munich line meets the La Spezia-Parma-Suzzara-Poggio Rusco-Ferrara-Ravenna-Rimini line which links the Adriatic with Tyrrhenian Sea.

Twin cities

• Condé-sur-Noireau, France, since 1999

External links

• PoggioRusco.net - Poggio Rusco internet community
• PoggioRusco.net Images Gallery
• Poggio Rusco on Flickr