Vigonovo
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Vigonovo | |
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| Comune di Vigonovo | |
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 Coat of arms | |
  Vigonovo Location of Vigonovo in Italy  Vigonovo Vigonovo (Veneto) | |
| Coordinates: 45°23′N 12°3′E / 45.383°N 12.050°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Veneto |
| Metropolitan city | Venice (VE) |
| Frazioni | Celeseo, Galta, Tombelle località: Baita, Giudecca, Pava |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Andrea Danieletto (M5S) |
| Area | |
• Total | 12.79 km2 (4.94 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 15 m (49 ft) |
| Population (30 April 2009)[2] | |
• Total | 9,796 |
| • Density | 765.9/km2 (1,984/sq mi) |
| Demonym | vigonovesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 30030 |
| Dialing code | 049 |
| ISTAT code | 027043 |
| Patron saint | Assumption of Mary |
| Saint day | 15 August |
| Website | Official website |
Vigonovo (from Latin vicus novus, "new village") is a town and comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Venice, Veneto, Italy.
Before the year 1000 BC the territory was inhabited by Etruscans, Euganeans and Paleoveneti.
It is believed that around 1000 BC after the destruction of Troy by the Greeks, the members of a tribe of Paphlagonia (province of Asia Minor), called Heneti (hence the name Veneti), landed on the Adriatic coast and settled there after expelling the locals Etruscans.
Until medieval times, the town was called Sarmazza after a settlement of Sarmatians (an ancient people coming from the East).
