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Balestrino
Sign in to saveBalestrino ( or ) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about southwest of Genoa and about southwest of Savona. As of 31 December 2011, it had a population of 607 and an area of .
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Within Vinony's link graph, Balestrino is referenced by 80 other articles, and connects out to Italy, time zone and Genoa.
The entry is geolocated on the map in city(575)_region, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Cities and towns in Liguria, Ghost towns in Italy and Municipalities of the Province of Savona.
Its subject is documented across 50 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Balestrino
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Balestrino
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Balestrino-panorama borgo vecchio.jpg
- Italian comune.image_caption
- View of the old town
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Balestrino-Stemma.svg
- Italian comune.image_map
- Map of comune of Balestrino (province of Savona, region Liguria, Italy).svg
- Italian comune.map_caption
- Balestrino within the Province of Savona
- Italian comune.region
- Liguria
- Italian comune.province
- Savona (SV)
- Italian comune.frazioni
- Bergalla, Borgo, Cuneo, Poggio
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 11.3
- Italian comune.population_total
- 607
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 31 December 2011
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Balestrinesi
- Italian comune.postal_code
- 17020
- Italian comune.area_code
- 0182
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- comune of Italy
- Official name
- Balestrino
- Demonym
- balestrinesi
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Province of Savona
- Population
- 530
- Area
- 11.27
- Elevation
- 371
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Zuccarello
- Official website
- www.comune.balestrino.sv.it
- Image
- Balestrino-panorama borgo vecchio.jpg
- Dialing code
- 0182
- Licence plate code
- SV
- Patron saint
- Andrew the Apostle
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- Commons category
- Balestrino
- postal code
- 17020
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Encyclopedic overview
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Balestrino ( or ) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about southwest of Genoa and about southwest of Savona. As of 31 December 2011, it had a population of 607 and an area of .
==History== Balestrino is composed by the old historic town, upon a hill, and the new town below it. Abandoned in 1953 for hydrogeological instability, the old centre is a ghost town whereas the modern center is still inhabited today.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Balestrino” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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2 mapped locations