Sarzana

Sarzana
Città di Sarzana
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Sarzana is located in Italy
Sarzana
Sarzana
Location of Sarzana in Italy
Sarzana is located in Liguria
Sarzana
Sarzana
Sarzana (Liguria)
Coordinates: 44°07′N 09°58′E / 44.117°N 9.967°E / 44.117; 9.967
CountryItaly
RegionLiguria
ProvinceLa Spezia (SP)
FrazioniMarinella di Sarzana, Falcinello, Sarzanello, San Lazzaro
Government
 • MayorCristina Ponzanelli
Area
 • Total
34 km2 (13 sq mi)
Elevation
21 m (69 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2016)[2]
 • Total
22,104
 • Density650/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
DemonymSarzanesi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
19038
Dialing code0187
Patron saintSt. Andrew
Saint day30 November
WebsiteOfficial website

Sarzana (Italian: [sarˈdzaːna], Emilian: [sarˈzana]; Ligurian: Sarzann-a)[3] is a town, comune (municipality) and former short-lived Catholic bishopric in the Province of La Spezia, Liguria, Italy. It is 15 kilometres (9 mi) east of La Spezia, on the railway to Pisa, at the point where the railway to Parma diverges to the north.[4] In 2010, it had a population of 21,978.

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. ^ Frisoni, Gaetano [in Italian] (1910). Dizionario Genovese-Italiano e Italiano-Genovese (in Italian). Genoa: Nuova Editrice Genovese.
  4. ^  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Sarzana". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 224.