Stazzema

Stazzema
Stazzema
Comune
	Comune di Stazzema
	Panorama of Stazzema
	Coat of arms
	Stazzema within the Province of Lucca
	Location of Stazzema
	Stazzema Location of Stazzema in Italy Stazzema Stazzema (Tuscany)
	Coordinates: 44°0′N 10°19′E / 44.000°N 10.317°E
Country	Italy
Region	Tuscany
Province	Lucca (LU)
Frazioni	Arni, Cardoso, Farnocchia, Gallena, La Culla, Levigliani, Mulina, Palagnana, Pomezzana, Pontestazzemese, Pruno, Retignano, Ruosina, Sant'Anna, Stazzema, Terrinca, Volegno
Government
• Mayor	Maurizio Verona
Area
• Total	82.08 km2 (31.69 sq mi)
Elevation	453 m (1,486 ft)
Population (1-1-2018)
• Total	3,083
• Density	38/km2 (97/sq mi)
Demonym	Stazzemese(i)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	55040
Dialing code	0584
Patron saint	St. Antony of Padua
Saint day	13 June
Website	Official website

Stazzema is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Lucca in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 80 kilometres (50 miles) northwest of Florence and about 25 km (16 mi) northwest of Lucca.

History

During World War II, the village of Sant'Anna di Stazzema was the site of a massacre of civil population by German SS soldiers and the Italian Black Brigades (12 August 1944). A total of 560 people were killed, among them 100 children, one of them only 20 days old. The city received the Gold Medal for Military Valour after the war.

Geography

Stazzema borders the following municipalities: Camaiore, Careggine, Massa, Molazzana, Pescaglia, Pietrasanta, Seravezza, Vagli Sotto, Vergemoli.

Frazioni

Stazzema is composed of 17 hamlets (frazioni):

Arni, Cardoso, Farnocchia, Gallena, La Culla, Levigliani, Mulina, Palagnana, Pomezzana, Pontestazzemese, Pruno, Retignano, Ruosina, Sant'Anna, Stazzema, Terrinca, and Volegno.^[4] Despite municipal name, the town hall is not located in Stazzema, but in the nearby hamlet of Pontestazzemese.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b (in Italian) Municipal seat, see town hall address on Stazzema website)
^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
^ (in Italian) Infos about the hamlets of Stazzema (municipal website)

External links

Media related to Stazzema at Wikimedia Commons

(in Italian) Official website
(in Italian) Sant'Anna di Stazzema unofficial website

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[stazzema-1] (in Italian) Municipal seat, see town hall address on Stazzema website)

[wikidata-16139ca327c50d72c40d8c5fd3abe706b989650e-v18-2] "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

[istat-3] All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.

[4] (in Italian) Infos about the hamlets of Stazzema (municipal website)

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