Setteville is a ''

comune A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...

'' located in the

province of Belluno The province of Belluno (; ; ) is a Provinces of Italy, province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Belluno. It has an area of and a population of about 198,000 people. Geography Situated in the Alps, the province of ...

, in the region of

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in northern Italy. It was established in January 2024 from the merger of

Alano di Piave Alano di Piave is a former ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Province of Belluno, Belluno in the Italy, Italian region of Veneto, located about northwest of Venice and about southwest of Belluno. As of 31 December 2021, it had a popul ...

and

Quero Vas Quero Vas () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Belluno in the Italian region Veneto Veneto, officially the Region of Veneto, is one of the 20 regions of Italy, located in the Northeast Italy, north-east of the country. ...

. It is located about southwest of the provincial capital of

Belluno Belluno (; ; ) is a town and province in the Veneto region of northern Italy. Located about north of Venice, Belluno is the Capital (political), capital of the province of Belluno and the most important city in the Eastern Dolomites region. W ...

Geography

Setteville is located on the

Piave River The Piave (; ) is a river in Northeast Italy. It begins in the Alps and flows southeast for into the Adriatic Sea near the city of Venice. One of its tributaries is the Boite. In 1809 it was the scene of a battle during the Napoleonic Wars, in ...

where it cuts through the

Bellunes Alps The Bellunes Alps (, ) is the now obsolete name of a mountain range on the southern edge of the Eastern Alps. They lie in the Italian regions of Venetia and Trentino-South Tyrol. They cover the provinces of Treviso, Pordenone and part of Vicenz ...

between

Monte Grappa Monte Grappa () (1,775 m) is a mountain of the Venetian Prealps in Veneto, Italy. It lies between the Venetian plain to the south and the central alpine areas to the north. To the west, it is parted from the Asiago upland by the Brenta river, a ...

and Monte Cesen. It borders the ''comuni'' of

Feltre Feltre (; ) is a town and ''comune'' of the province of Belluno in Veneto, northern Italy. A hill town in the southern reaches of the province, it is located on the Stizzon River, about from its junction with the Piave, and southwest from Bell ...

to the north,

Borgo Valbelluna Borgo Valbelluna is a ''comune'' in the Province of Belluno in the Italian region of Veneto. It was established on 30 January 2019 with the merger of the three municipalities of Trichiana, Mel and Lentiai. The land hosts many works of Medieval ...

to the northeast,

Segusino Segusino () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Treviso in the Italy, Italian region Veneto, located about northwest of Venice and about northwest of Treviso. As of 31 December 2017, it had a population of 1,833 and an area of .All ...

to the east,

Valdobbiadene Valdobbiadene (; ) is a town and (municipality) in the province of Treviso, Veneto, Italy. Valdobbiadene is a wine growing area: located below the Dolomites, Alpine-Dolomite areas of Veneto, the climate allows the cultivation of the Glera variety ...

to the southeast,

Pederobba Pederobba () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Treviso in the Italian region Veneto, located about northwest of Venice and about northwest of Treviso. As of 31 December 2021, it had a population of 7,280 and an area of .All demog ...

and

Cavaso del Tomba Cavaso del Tomba is a ''comune'' with about 3000 inhabitants in the province of Treviso, Veneto, north-eastern Italy. The municipality of Cavaso is spread over the southern flank of the buttress that extends from Monte Grappa towards the Piave Riv ...

to the south,

Possagno Possagno is a comune in the Province of Treviso, in the Italy, Italian region Veneto. It is located about northwest of Venice and about northwest of Treviso. As of 31 August 2021, it had a population of 2,215 and an area of .All demographics and ...

and

Pieve del Grappa Pieve del Grappa is a comune in the province of Treviso, Veneto region of Italy. It was formed on 30 January 2019 with the merger of the comunes of Crespano del Grappa and Paderno del Grappa. The municipality contains the frazioni (subdivisions, ...

to the southwest, and

Seren del Grappa Seren del Grappa is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Belluno in the Italian region of Veneto, located about northwest of Venice and about southwest of Belluno. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,586 and an area of .Al ...

to the northwest.

History

The strategic location of Setteville led to its settlement in Roman times and influenced the subsequent history of the area. In 1377 the Venetians built the on the Piave, which remains a local landmark. In the 17th century, the area prospered from the development of the textile and paper industries. Both world wars profoundly impacted the area: the town of

Quero Quero may refer to: People * Diego Arias Quero (born 1999), Chilean football player * Edgar Quero (born 2003), Cuban baseball player in MLB * Eduin Quero (born 1997), Venezuelan football player * Félix Quero (born 1982), Spanish football pla ...

was completely destroyed in 1917 in the First Battle of the Piave River, and the Nazis destroyed the hamlet of Schievenin in 1944 when carrying out reprisals against Italian partisans in . In December 2000, the ''comuni'' of Quero,

Vas Vas (, ; ; or ; ) is an administrative county (comitatus or ''vármegye'') of Hungary. It was also one of the counties of the former Kingdom of Hungary. It is part of the Centrope Project. Geography Vas County lies in western Hungary. It share ...

and

formed a municipal union, the Unione dei Comuni del Basso Feltrino – Sette Ville. Segusino withdrew from the union in September 2002, and Alano di Piave joined the union in October 2012. On 28 December 2013 Quero and Vas merged to form the new municipality of Quero Vas. The citizens of Alano di Piave and Quero voted to

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the two ''comuni'' on 29–30 October 2023. The

Regional Council of Veneto The Regional Council of Veneto () is the parliament, legislative assembly of Veneto, Italy. The council, which has its seat at Palazzo Ferro Fini, located along the Grand Canal (Venice), Grand Canal in Venice. was first elected in 1970, when Re ...

published the law effecting the merger on 29 December 2023, which went into effect on 22 January 2024.

Economy and infrastructure

In recent decades, the communities of Setteville have achieved a high level of economic development connected with the flourishing of new artisanal and industrial activities, although this is endangered by a persistent decline in population. runs north to south through the ''comune'' along the west bank of the Piave, connecting it to Feltre in the north, and to

Montebelluna Montebelluna is a city and ''comune'' in Veneto, Italy, approximately northwest of Venice. It has an estimated population of 31,000. Montebelluna borders the following municipalities: Altivole, Caerano di San Marco, Cornuda, Crocetta del Montello ...

and

Treviso Treviso ( ; ; ) is a city and (municipality) in the Veneto region of northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Treviso and the municipality has 87.322 inhabitants (as of December 2024). Some 3,000 live within the Venetian wall ...

in the south.

References

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