Belluno

**Belluno** (, , ) is a *comune* and city in the Veneto region, in Northeast Italy. Belluno is the capital of the province of the same name. The city is about  north of Venice.

## Geography
The town is near the confluence of the Piave river with the small river *Ardo*. To the north of the town is the *Schiara*, a group of mountains. To the south, the foothills of the Alps separate Belluno from the plain of the Veneto. The most northern part of the *comune* is in the "Dolomiti Bellunesi National Park" ().

The *comune* of Belluno has an area of  and its altitude is .

Belluno borders with the following *comuni*ː Alpago, Limana, Longarone, Ponte nelle Alpi, Sedico, Sospirolo, Vittorio Veneto (in the Treviso province).

### *Frazioni*
The following *frazioni* (hamlets) are part of Belluno: Anconetta, Antole, Bes, Bolzano, Caleipo, Castion, Castoi, Cet, Cirvoi, Col di Salce, Faverga, Fiammoi, Giamosa, Giazzoi, Gioz, Levego, Madeago, Mares, Mier, Nevegàl, Nogarè, Orzes, Rivamaor, Safforze, Sagrogna, Sala, Salce, San Fermo, San Pietro in Campo, Sois, Sopracroda, Sossai, Tisoi, Veneggia, Vezzano, Vignole, Visome.

## Population
, there are 35,870 persons living in the *comune*, for a population density of  inhabitants/km².

**Evolution of the population in Belluno**

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## Twinned towns
Belluno is twinned with:
*  Cervia, Italy
*  Bend, Oregon, United States

## People from or related to Belluno 
* Sebastiano Ricci (1659–1734), painter
* Andrea Brustolon (1662–1732), sculptor
* Marco Ricci (1676–1730), painter
* Pope Gregory XVI (1765–1846)
* Ippolito Caffi (1809–1866), painter
* Pope John Paul I (1912-1978)
* Luigi Luca Cavalli Sforza (b. 1922), human geneticist

## Gallery

File:Belluno+Piave 01.JPG|Belluno and the Piave river.
File:Palazzo dei Rettori(Belluno).jpg|*Palazzo dei Rettori*.
File:Basilica cattedrale di San Martino (Duomo), interno (Belluno).JPG|Belluno cathedral.
File:Palazzo rosso.jpg|*Palazzo Rosso*.

## References
## Other websites
* Belluno official website 
* Adorable Belluno