Borgo Valsugana

Borgo Valsugana
Comune
Comune di Borgo Valsugana
The Brenta river in Borgo Valsugana.
Coat of arms
Borgo Valsugana Location of Borgo Valsugana in Italy
Coordinates: 46°3′N 11°27′E / 46.050°N 11.450°E / 46.050; 11.450
Country	Italy
Region	Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Province / Metropolitan city	Trentino (TN)
Frazioni	Olle
Government
• Mayor	Fabio Dalledonne
Area
• Total	52.3 km2 (20.2 sq mi)
Elevation	386 m (1,266 ft)
Population (31 December 2010)
• Total	6,842
• Density	130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Borghesani
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	38051
Dialing code	0461
Website	Official website

Borgo Valsugana (German: Burg im Suganertal) is a comune (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 30 kilometres (19 mi) east of Trento.

Borgo Valsugana borders the following municipalities: Telve, Telve di Sopra, Torcegno, Ronchi Valsugana, Roncegno, Castelnuovo, Novaledo, Levico Terme, and Asiago.

Borgo is in one of the tightest parts of Valsugana, mount Ciolino and mount Rocchetta, neither very high. It grew on the two sides of river Brenta and its ancient part is the only one in Trentino to occupy both sides of a river (Trento, for instance, is located on only one side of river Adige).

Borgo Valsugana, whose ancient name was Ausugum (the main street of the town, indeed, is named "Corso Ausugum"), used to be a Roman settlement along the Claudia Augusta Altinate road which connected Altino to Tridentum (ancient name for Trento) and then to Augsburg, nowadays in Germany.

Thanks to its location at the bottom of an open valley, the town always benefited from trade. Noblemen from Castelnuovo and Caldonazzo and the Welsperg family used to govern the town and its surroundings.