Abetone
Sign in to savethumb|Abetone Pass thumb|"Orto Botanico Forestale di Abetone" (Botanical Garden) - entry Abetone was a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pistoia in the Italian region of Tuscany, located about northwest of Florence and about northwest of Pistoia. It has been a frazione of Abetone Cutigliano since 2017.
Key facts
- Frazione.elevation_m
- 1388
- Frazione.postal_code
- 51021
- Frazione.area_code
- 0573
- Frazione.name
- Abetone
- Frazione.image_skyline
- Abetone - Piramidi1.JPG
- Frazione.image_caption
- Monument in Abetone
- Frazione.region
- Tuscany
- Frazione.province
- Pistoia (PT)
- Frazione.comune
- Abetone Cutigliano
- Frazione.area_total_km2
- 31.2
- Frazione.population_total
- 687
- Frazione.population_as_of
- 31 December 2011
- Frazione.gentilic
- Abetonesi
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thumb|Abetone Pass thumb|"Orto Botanico Forestale di Abetone" (Botanical Garden) - entry Abetone was a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pistoia in the Italian region of Tuscany, located about northwest of Florence and about northwest of Pistoia. It has been a frazione of Abetone Cutigliano since 2017.
== History == Abetone (in Italian: "large fir") was founded as a custom post in 1732 on the highest point of the main road between the Grand Duchy of Tuscany and the Duchy of Modena. The name derives from a large tree, which was cut down to allow the construction to proceed.