Scorzè

Infobox CityIT
official_name = Comune di Scorzè
img_coa = Scorzè-Stemma.gif
img_coa_small =


image_caption =
region = RegioneIT|sigla=VEN
province = ProvinciaIT (short form)|sigla=VE (VE)
mayor =
mayor_party =
elevation_footnotes =
elevation_m = 16
area_footnotes =
area_total_km2 = 33
population_footnotes =
population_as_of = 28 February 2007
population_total = 18864
pop_density_footnotes =
population_density_km2 = 522
coordinates = coord|45|34|19|N|12|6|32|E|region:IT_type:city(18864)
gentilic = Scorzetani
telephone = 041
postalcode = 30037
frazioni = Cappella, Gardigiano, Peseggia, Rio San Martino
saint = Saint Benedict
day =
mapx = #expr:45 + 34 / 60.0
mapy = #expr:12 + 6 / 60.0
locator_position =
native_name = Scorzè
name = Scorzè
website = http://www.comune.scorze.ve.it

Scorzè is a town in the province of Venice, in the Veneto region of northeast Italy.

Geography

SR515 and SR245 intersect in the town. As of 2007 Scorzè had an estimated population of 19,704.

History

In the Middle Ages, the town was a centre for leather tanning, and the tanners ("scorzeri"] gave the town its name. It is first mentioned by Pope Eugene III in a papal bull of 1152. In 1338 it was annexed by Venice, and in 1815 it became part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Economy

The economy of Scorzè is mainly based on a local mineral water industry.cite web | url=http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?men=gpro&des=gamelan&geo=488107211 | title="The World Gazetteer" | accessdate=2007-02-21]

ources

* [http://maps.google.com/maphp?hl=en&ned=us&tab=nl&q=Scorzè,%20Italy (Google Maps)]

References