{{Infobox Italian comune | name = Roncoferraro | official_name = Comune di Roncoferraro | native_name = {{native name|egl|Roncafrèr}} | image_skyline = Governolo-Conca S. Leone.jpg | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = ''Conca'' of St. Leo I in Governolo. | image_shield = Roncoferraro-Stemma.png | shield_alt = | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | coordinates = {{coord|45|5|N|10|53|E|type:city(6,867)_region:IT|display=inline}} | coordinates_footnotes = | region = Lombardy | province = Mantua (MN) | frazioni = Governolo, Casale, Nosedole, Barbasso, Barbassolo, Villa Garibaldi, Garolda, Pontemerlano, Castelletto Borgo, Cadè | mayor_party = | mayor = Federico Baruffaldi | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 63.43 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 712829 | population_as_of = 31 July 2014 <ref name="istat">All demographics and other statistics: Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (Istat).</ref> | pop_density_footnotes = | population_demonym = Roncoferraresi | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 25 | twin1 = | twin1_country = | saint = St. John | day = | postal_code = 46037 | area_code = 0376 | website = {{official website|http://www.comune.roncoferraro.mn.it/}} | footnotes = }} '''Roncoferraro''' (Mantovano: {{lang|egl|Roncafrèr}}) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about {{convert|140|km|mi}} southeast of Milan and about {{convert|11|km|mi|0}} southeast of Mantua.
Roncoferraro borders the following municipalities: Bagnolo San Vito, Bigarello, Castel d'Ario, Mantua, San Giorgio di Mantova, Sustinente, Villimpenta.
==History== According to the tradition, the ''frazione'' of Governolo was the seat of the meeting between Pope Leo I and Attila in 452. Also in Governolo the condottiero Giovanni dalle Bande Nere was shot by a cannonball in 1526, later dying out of the wounds received.
During the Italian Wars of Independence, Governolo, due to its strategically important bridge over the Mincio River, was the location of two battles: *The first (April 24, 1848) allowed the small Modenese army to push back an Austrian inroad against the fortress of Mantua. *In the second (July 18, 1848) the Piedmontese general Eusebio Bava conquered back the bridge.
==Notable people== <!---♦♦♦ Only add a person to this list if they already have their own article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦---> <!---♦♦♦ Please keep the list in alphabetical order by LAST NAME ♦♦♦---> *Paolo Antonio Boccasanta, Italian general surgeon, university professor, and surgery specialist.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dott. Paolo Antonio Boccasanta |url=https://www.simedica.tv/dottori/paolo-antonio-boccasanta/ |website=simedica.tv |publisher=Simedica.tv |access-date=20 July 2023 |language=Italian}}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.comune.roncoferraro.mn.it/ Official website]
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