Pastrengo

Pastrengo
Comune di Pastrengo
Esaltazione della Santa Croce church
Location of Pastrengo
Pastrengo
Location of Pastrengo in Italy
Pastrengo
Pastrengo (Veneto)
Coordinates: 45°30′N 10°48′E / 45.500°N 10.800°E / 45.500; 10.800
CountryItaly
RegionVeneto
ProvinceProvince of Verona (VR)
FrazioniPiovezzano
Area
  Total
9.0 km2 (3.5 sq mi)
Elevation
192 m (630 ft)
Population
 (Dec. 2004)
  Total
2,486
  Density280/km2 (720/sq mi)
DemonymPastrenghesi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
37010
Dialing code045

Pastrengo is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Verona in the Italian region Veneto, located about 120 kilometres (75 mi) west of Venice and about 15 kilometres (9 mi) northwest of Verona. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,486 and an area of 9.0 square kilometres (3.5 sq mi).

The municipality of Pastrengo contains the frazione (subdivision) Piovezzano.

Pastrengo borders the following municipalities: Bardolino, Bussolengo, Cavaion Veronese, Lazise, Pescantina, and Sant'Ambrogio di Valpolicella.

Pastrengo is known for the Battle of Pastrengo which was fought between the Piedmontese and Austrian armies on 30 April 1848, in the course of the First Italian War of Independence.

The local parish church is the Parrocchia Esaltazione della Santa Croce.