Venice is located in northern France.
Italy ( Italia [ iˈtaːlja ] ) , officially the Italian Republic ( [ Repubblica italiana , links = no ] ) , is a unitary parliamentary republic in Europe.The Italian peninsula is geographically located in Southern Europe , while North Italy can be placed partly or totally in Central Europe . The Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area ( PATREVE ) or Venice City-Region is the urban agglomeration centred on the cities of Padova , Treviso and Venice in the Veneto region of north-east Italy . The Po ( [ poʊ ] Padus and Eridanus ; Po [ pɔ ] ancient Ligurian : Bodincus or Bodencus ; Πάδος and Ἠριδανός ) is a river that flows eastward across northern Italy . Venice ( [ langˈvɛnɪs ] ; Venezia [ veˈnɛtsja ] ; Venesia [ - vecveˈnɛsja ] ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region . Together with Padua and Treviso , the city is included in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area ( PATREVE ) , with a total population of 2.6 million .