Colle Umberto

Colle Umberto
Comune
Comune di Colle Umberto
View with campanile and Lucheschi Castle
Colle Umberto
Location of Colle Umberto in Italy
Coordinates: 45°57′N 12°21′E / 45.950°N 12.350°E / 45.950; 12.350Coordinates: 45°57′N 12°21′E / 45.950°N 12.350°E / 45.950; 12.350
Country Italy
Region Veneto
Province Treviso (TV)
Frazioni

San Martino di Colle Umberto

telephone = 0438
Government
 • Mayor Edoardo Scarpis
Area
 • Total 13.6 km2 (5.3 sq mi)
Elevation 144 m (472 ft)
Population (30 June 2017)[1]
 • Total 5,081
 • Density 370/km2 (970/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Collumbertesi
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code 31014
Website Official website

Colle Umberto 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:

References

  1. ↑ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.


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