Campodoro
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Campodoro 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 Padua
Province of Padua
The Province of Padua is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Padua.-History and territory:...

 in the Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 region Veneto
Veneto
Veneto is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about 5 million, ranking 5th in Italy.Veneto had been for more than a millennium an independent state, the Republic of Venice, until it was eventually annexed by Italy in 1866 after brief Austrian and French rule...

, located about 45 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 12 km northwest of Padua
Padua
Padua is a city and comune in the Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Padua and the economic and communications hub of the area. Padua's population is 212,500 . The city is sometimes included, with Venice and Treviso, in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area, having...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,490 and an area of 11.2 km².

The municipality of Campodoro 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) Bevadoro and Torrerossa.

Campodoro borders the following municipalities: Camisano Vicentino
Camisano Vicentino
Camisano Vicentino is a town in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy. It is north of SP24, and about 5 miles away from Autostrada A4.It has a famous Sunday market.-Twin towns — Sister cities:Taipei is twinned with: Fuerte Olimpo, Paraguay...

, Grisignano di Zocco
Grisignano di Zocco
Grisignano di Zocco is a town in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy. It is south of E70.It is an important traffic node because of the local highway junction, that allows businesses within a 10 miles radius access to the Autostrada A4, the main highway in Northern Italy crossing it west to...

, Mestrino
Mestrino
Mestrino is a comune in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about 45 km west of Venice and about 9 km northwest of Padua...

, Piazzola sul Brenta
Piazzola sul Brenta
Piazzola sul Brenta is a comune in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about 45 km west of Venice and about 15 km northwest of Padua.-Main sights:*Villa Contarini, begun by Andrea Palladio...

, Villafranca Padovana
Villafranca Padovana
Villafranca Padovana is a comune in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about 40 km west of Venice and about 11 km northwest of Padua...

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