Colle Umberto

Colle Umberto Cołe Unberto
Comune
Comune di Colle Umberto
View with campanile and Lucheschi Castle
Location of Colle Umberto
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Coordinates: 45°57′N 12°21′E
Country	Italy
Region	Veneto
Province	Treviso (TV)
Frazioni	San Martino di Colle Umberto telephone = 0438
Government
• Mayor	Sebastiano Coletti
Area [1]
• Total	13.6 km^2 (5.3 sq mi)
Elevation	144 m (472 ft)
Population  (30 June 2017)[2]
• Total	5,081
• Density	370/km^2 (970/sq mi)
Demonym	Collumbertesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	31014
Website	Official website

Colle Umberto (Venetian: Cołe Unberto) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Treviso in the Italian region Veneto, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) north of Venice and about 30 kilometres (19 mi) north of Treviso.

Colle Umberto borders the following municipalities: Cappella Maggiore, Conegliano, Cordignano, Godega di Sant'Urbano, San Fior, Vittorio Veneto.

The town's most visited place is the Villa Verecondi Scortecci owned by an old upper-class Venetian family.

San Martino

The frazione of San Martino was the birthplace of Ottavio Bottecchia, the first Italian to win the Tour de France in both 1924 and 1925, but he died mysteriously at the height of career during a training ride in Friuli, at Trasaghis. There is a local move to create a museum to him.

Twin towns

The town is twinned with the following:

• San Lawrenz, Gozo.
• La Balme-de-Sillingy, France

References

1. "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
2. All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.

External links

• Official website