Canale d'Agordo

Canale d'Agordo Canal
Comune
Comune di Canale d'Agordo
view of Canale d'Agordo
Coat of arms
Location of Canale d'Agordo
Canale d'Agordo Location of Canale d'Agordo in Italy Canale d'Agordo Canale d'Agordo (Veneto)
Coordinates: 46°21′N 11°55′E
Country	Italy
Region	Veneto
Province	Belluno (BL)
Frazioni	Fregona, Feder, Garés, Carfon, Pisoliva, Casate, Val, La Šota, Campion, Pàlafachina, La Mora, Tegosa, Colmean, Gares
Government
• Mayor	Massimo Murer
Area
• Total	46 km2 (18 sq mi)
Elevation	976 m (3,202 ft)
Population  (2001)
• Total	1,236
• Density	27/km2 (70/sq mi)
Demonym	Canalini
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	32020
Dialing code	0437
Patron saint	St. John the Baptist
Saint day	June 24
Website	Home town

Parish church designed by Giuseppe Segusini

Canale d'Agordo (known as Forno di Canale until 1964; Ladin: Canal, German: Augartnerkanal) is a town and comune in the province of Belluno, in the region of Veneto, northern Italy. It has 1,230 inhabitants. Pope John Paul I (born Albino Luciani) and the landscape painter Giuseppe Zais were born in Canale d'Agordo. It has a Museum dedicated to Pope John Paul I called the Pope Luciani Museum.

Notable people

• Pope John Paul I, born Albino Luciani
• Giuseppe Zais Painter
• Franco Manfroi Ski mountaineer and cross-country skier

Twin towns — sister cities

• Lacenas in France (since 2006)
• Wadowice in Poland (since 2009)
• Massaranduba, Santa Catarina in Brazil (since 2011)

See also

• Annea Clivana

References

• Link of the country Canale d'Agordo (in Italian)
• Papa Luciani link to Canale d'Agordo Archived 2008-07-06 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)

Demographic evolution