Chioggia
| Chioggia | |
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| Comune | |
| Città di Chioggia | |
Aerial view of Chioggia
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.svg) Chioggia within the Province of Venice |
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 Chioggia
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| Coordinates: 45°14′N 12°17′E / 45.233°N 12.283°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Veneto |
| Province / Metropolitan city | Venice (VE) |
| Frazioni | Borgo San Giovanni, Brondolo, Cà Bianca, Cà Lino, Cavanella d'Adige, Isolaverde, Sant'Anna, Sottomarina, Valli Di Chioggia |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Alessandro Ferro |
| Area | |
| • Total | 185 km2 (71 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2 m (7 ft) |
| Population (31 July 2015) | |
| • Total | 49,744 |
| • Density | 270/km2 (700/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Chioggiotti or Clodiensi |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 30015 |
| Dialing code | 041 |
| Patron saint | San Felice and San Fortunato |
| Saint day | June 11 |
| Website | Official website |
Chioggia [ˈkjɔddʒa] (Venetian: Cióxa, Latin: Clodia) is a coastal town and comune of the Metropolitan City of Venice in the Veneto region of northern Italy.
The town is situated on a small island at the southern entrance to the Lagoon of Venice about 25 kilometres (16 miles) south of Venice (50 km (31 mi) by road); causeways connect it to the mainland and to its frazione, nowadays a quarter, of Sottomarina. The population of the comune is around 50,000, with the town proper accounting for about half of that and Sottomarina for most of the rest.
The municipality, located in south of the province, close to the provinces of Padua and Rovigo, borders with Campagna Lupia, Cavarzere, Codevigo, Cona, Correzzola, Loreo, Rosolina and Venice.
Chioggia and Sottomarina were not prominent in antiquity, although they are first mentioned in Pliny as the fossa Clodia. Local legend attributes this name to its founding by a Clodius, but the antiquity of this belief is not known.
The name of the town has been changing depending on the historical period, being Clodia, Cluza, Clugia, Chiozza and Chioggia. The most ancient documents naming Chioggia dates from the 6th century AD, when it was part of the Byzantine Empire. Chioggia was destroyed by the King Pippin of Italy in the 9th century, but rebuilt around a new industry based on salt pans. In the Middle Ages, Chioggia proper was known as Clugia major, whereas Clugia minor was a sand bar about 600 m further into the Adriatic. A free commune and an episcopal see from 1110, it had later an important role in the so-called War of Chioggia between Genoa and Venice, being conquered by Genoa in 1378 and finally by Venice in June 1380. Although the town remained largely autonomous, it was always thereafter subordinate to Venice. On 14 March 1381, Chioggia concluded an alliance with Zadar and Trogir against Venice, and finally Chioggia became better protected by Venice in 1412, because Šibenik became in 1412 the seat of the main customs office and the seat of the salt consumers office with a monopoly on the salt trade in Chioggia and on the whole Adriatic Sea.
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