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Cities and towns in Liguria

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Genoa ( ; ; ) is the sixth-largest city in Italy and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria. As of 2025, 565,301 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,629 inhabitants, more than 1.5 million people live in the wider metropolitan area stretching along the Italian Riviera.

Sanremo, also spelled San Remo in English and formerly in Italian, is a (municipality) on the Mediterranean coast of Liguria, in northwestern Italy. Founded in Roman times, it has a population of about 53,000, and is known as a tourist destination on the Italian Riviera. It hosts numerous cultural events, such as the Sanremo Music Festival and the Milan–San Remo cycling classic. Italo Calvino, the most significant figure of 20th century Italian literature, spent his formative years here.

thumb|250px|Sanctuary of Our Lady of Mercy.

Imperia (; or ) is a coastal city and comune in the region of Liguria, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Imperia, and historically it was capital of the Intemelia district of Liguria. Benito Mussolini created the city of Imperia on 21 October 1923 by combining Porto Maurizio and Oneglia, as well as the surrounding village communes of Piani, Caramagna Ligure, Castelvecchio di Santa Maria Maggiore, Borgo Sant'Agata, Costa d'Oneglia, Poggi, Torrazza, Moltedo and Montegrazie.

thumb|250px|Church of San Michele Arcangelo

Portofino (; ) is a comune located in the Metropolitan City of Genoa on the Italian Riviera. The town is clustered around its small harbour, and is known for the colourfully painted buildings that line the shore. Since the late 19th century, Portofino has attracted tourism of the European aristocracy and it is now a resort for the world's jet set.

Rapallo ( , , ) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa, in the region of Liguria in Italy. As of 2025, with a population 29,513, it is the 2nd-largest municipality in the metropolitan city.

Chiavari (; ) is a seaside town and municipality in the Metropolitan City of Genoa in the region of Liguria in Italy. As of 2025, with a population of 27,442, it is the 3rd-largest municipality in the metropolitan city and the 7th-largest in Liguria.

comune in Liguria, Italy

Albenga (; ) is a city and comune situated on the Gulf of Genoa on the Italian Riviera in the Province of Savona in Liguria, northern Italy.

Sarzana (, ; ) is a town, comune (municipality) and former short-lived Catholic bishopric in the Province of La Spezia, Liguria, Italy. It is east of La Spezia, on the railway to Pisa, at the point where the railway to Parma diverges to the north. In 2023, it had a population of 21,786.

Camogli (; ) is a fishing village and tourist resort located on the west side of the peninsula of Portofino, on the Golfo Paradiso in the Riviera di Levante, in the Metropolitan City of Genoa, Liguria, northern Italy. its population was 5,332. Camogli is one of the largest areas of the Parco Naturale Regionale di Portofino, and a part of the Portofino Marine Protected Area.

Monterosso al Mare

Seborga () is a small village in the Italian region of Liguria near the French border. Administratively, it is a comune of the Italian province of Imperia, but since 1963 it has also been claimed as the Principality of Seborga, an unrecognized micronation. The main economic activities are horticulture and tourism. The population is 283 as of 2025. It is on the register of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").

Riomaggiore (, locally ) is a village and comune in the province of La Spezia, situated in a small valley in the Liguria region of Italy. It is the most southerly of the Cinque Terre villages. thumb|left|upright|Riomaggiore, the southern-most village of the Cinque Terre

Vernazza (, locally ; ) is a town and located in the province of La Spezia, Liguria, northwestern Italy. It is one of the five towns that make up the Cinque Terre region. Vernazza is the fourth town heading north, has no car traffic, and remains one of the truest "fishing villages" on the Italian Riviera. It is the only natural port of Cinque Terre and is famous for its elegant houses.

Santa Margherita Ligure

Bordighera (; , locally ) is a town and comune in the Province of Imperia, Liguria (Italy).

Recco (Latin: Ricina / Recina) is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Genoa, region of Liguria, Italy.

Moneglia (; ) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located about southeast of Genoa. It is a tourist resort on the Riviera di Levante. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").

Lerici (, locally ) is a comune in the province of La Spezia, in the Italian region of Liguria, part of the Italian Riviera. It is situated on the coast of the Gulf of La Spezia, southeast of La Spezia. It is known as the place where the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley drowned. The town is connected by ferry to the Cinque Terre and Porto Venere.

alt=A map showing the expansion of the Municipality of Savona and Republic of Noli during the 1100s and 1200s. Sources are listed in the image's description.|thumb|A map showing the expansion of the Municipality of Savona and Republic of Noli during the 1100s and 1200s. Sources are listed in the image's description. Noli (; ) is a coast comune of Liguria, Italy, in the Province of Savona, it is about southwest of Genoa by rail, about above sea-level. The origin of the name may come from Neapolis, meaning "new city" in Greek.

Lavagna is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa, in the Italian region of Liguria.

Bogliasco () is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located about southeast of Genoa. Together with the comuni of Camogli, Recco, Pieve Ligure and Sori, it is part of the so-called Golfo Paradiso. Economy is mostly based on tourism; agriculture include production of olives.

Taggia is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about southwest of Genoa and about west of Imperia. It has around 13,000 inhabitants.

Andora () is a town on the Italian Riviera in the region of Liguria, included in the province of Savona.

Alassio (; or ) is a resort town on the Italian Riviera. It is in the province of Savona situated in the western coast of Liguria, Northern Italy, approximately from the French border.

Loano () is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about southwest of Genoa and about southwest of Savona.

Zoagli () is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located about southeast of Genoa. Zoagli is a popular destination during all seasons of the year by tourists from all over the world. It is located in the Gulf of Tigullio section of the Italian Riviera, between Chiavari and Rapallo.

Crocefieschi () is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located about northeast of Genoa. Crocefieschi borders the following municipalities: Busalla, Savignone, Valbrevenna, Vobbia.

Dolceacqua (, locally ) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about southwest of Genoa and about west of Imperia, on the border with France. As of 31 December 2014, it had a population of 2,078 and an area of

Busalla is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located about north of Genoa.

Torriglia () is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located in the upper Trebbia valley, about northeast of Genoa. Torriglia borders the following municipalities: Davagna, Lorsica, Lumarzo, Mocònesi, Montebruno, Montoggio, Neirone, Propata, Rondanina, Valbrevenna.

Cairo Montenotte

Bargagli () is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located about northeast of Genoa in the Val di Lentro.

Arenzano (local ) is a coastal town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Genoa, Liguria, northern Italy, facing the Ligurian Sea. , it has a population of 11,445. This varies during the holiday seasons due to tourist flow.

Rossiglione ( , locally /) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located about northwest of Genoa. It has a population of 2 558 people.

Borzonasca is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located about east of Genoa.

Cogorno (, ) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located about southeast of Genoa. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 5,316 and an area of . Cogorno borders the municipalities of Carasco, Chiavari, Lavagna, and Ne.

Cogoleto () is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located about west of Genova. Its territory extends from the sea to the Ligurian Apennines; it is part of the Natural Regional Park of Monte Beigua.

Ceranesi (; ) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located about northwest of Genoa.

Cicagna is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located about east of Genoa.

Spotorno () is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about southwest of Genoa and about southwest of Savona. Today the town is an important holiday center of Riviera delle Palme, but in the past fishing and trade were the main economic activities together with the shipyards along the coast which were pretty famous for the building of brigantines.

Triora () is a comune (municipality) in the province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about southwest of Genoa and about northwest of Imperia, on the border with France. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 416 and an area of .

San Lorenzo al Mare

Carasco is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located about east of Genoa in the Val Fontanabuona.

Savignone () is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located about north of Genoa.

Apricale (, locally or Vrigà) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about southwest of Genoa and about west of Imperia.