Venice, Florida | |
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Nickname: Shark Tooth Capital of the World[1] | |
Motto: "City on the Gulf"[2] | |
Coordinates: 27°6′N 82°26′W / 27.100°N 82.433°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Florida |
County | Sarasota |
Settled | |
Incorporated |
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Named for | Venice, Italy |
Government | |
• Type | Council–manager |
• Mayor | Nick Pachota |
• Vice mayor | Jim Boldt |
Area | |
• City | 17.78 sq mi (46.05 km2) |
• Land | 16.13 sq mi (41.77 km2) |
• Water | 1.65 sq mi (4.28 km2) |
Elevation | 10 ft (3 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• City | 25,463 |
• Estimate (2022) | 27,272 |
• Density | 1,578.71/sq mi (609.54/km2) |
• Metro | 833,716 (US: 71st) |
• Metro density | 542.0/sq mi (209.3/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
ZIP codes | 34284–34287, 34290–34293 |
Area code | 941 |
FIPS code | 12–73900[6] |
GNIS feature ID | 0292749[7] |
Website | venicegov.com |
Venice is a city in Sarasota County, Florida, United States. The city includes what locals call "Venice Island", a portion of the mainland that is accessed via bridges over the artificially created Intracoastal Waterway. The city is located in Southwest Florida.[8] As of the 2020 Census, the city had a population of 25,463,[9] up from 20,748 at the 2010 Census.[10] Venice is part of the North Port–Bradenton–Sarasota, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.