Pegognaga

Pegognaga (Lower Mantovano: ) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan and about south of Mantua.

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Pegognaga is a small municipality located in the Province of Mantua in the Lombardy region of northern Italy, situated between Milan and the city of Mantua. It is a local administrative division in this part of Italy, though the provided information does not indicate any particular historical or cultural significance that would explain why it might matter to a broader audience.

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Italian comune.name: Pegognaga
Italian comune.official_name: Comune di Pegognaga
Italian comune.image_skyline: Pieve_Matildica_intitolata_a_San_Lorenzo_Pegognaga.jpg
Italian comune.image_caption: Pieve of St. Lawrence.
Italian comune.image_shield: Pegognaga.gif
Italian comune.shield_size: px
Italian comune.region: Lombardy
Italian comune.province: Mantua (MN)
Italian comune.frazioni: Galvagnina, Polesine, Sacca
Italian comune.mayor: Dimitri Melli
Italian comune.area_total_km2: 46.69
Italian comune.population_total: 7200

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Pegognaga (Lower Mantovano: ) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan and about south of Mantua.

==History== The name may come from the Latin Pecunius, a Roman aristocrat who, in the 1st century AD founded a little agricultural village. It also might be connected to the word pecunia, which in Latin means money, richness, referring to the lands of that place that could offer profitable harvests.