Lagosanto is a municipality in the province of Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna region, Italy, with a population of approximately 4,800 (2018).https://web.archive.org/web/20180114115045/http://demo.istat.it/bilmens2018gen/index.html The town center includes the town hall, restaurants, shops, bars, and residential areas.
The Mayor is the right-wing politician Cristian Bertarelli.
Most residents live in rural areas outside the town, such as Marozzo, which features a water pumping station dating back to the 1870s.https://www.ferraraterraeacqua.it/it/lagosanto/scopri-il-territorio/ambiente-e-natura/luoghi-di-interesse-naturalistico/impianto-idrovoro-di-marozzo-casa-della-memoria This station, called an idrovoro, was built to drain marshlands and make the land suitable for agriculture. The original steam-powered facility is now a small museum with exhibitions about land drainage and changes to the local landscape.
A modern pumping station, constructed in 1986, is located nearby and replaced the old one.