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Cogoleto
Sign in to saveCogoleto () 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.
Cogoleto is a small Italian municipality located west of Genoa in the Liguria region, with territory that stretches from the Mediterranean Sea up to the Ligurian Apennines mountains. It matters as part of a protected natural area, the Monte Beigua Regional Park, which helps preserve the landscape and environment of this coastal mountain region.
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Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Cogoleto
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Cogoleto
- Italian comune.native_name
- Cogoeuo
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Cogoleto-dalmare1.jpg
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Cogoleto-Stemma.svg
- Italian comune.region
- Liguria
- Italian comune.metropolitan_city
- Genoa (GE)
- Italian comune.frazioni
- Lerca, Sciarborasca, Pratozanino
- Italian comune.mayor
- Andrea D'Agostino
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 20.36
- Italian comune.population_total
- 9119
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 30 June 2017
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Cogoletesi
- Italian comune.elevation_m
- 4
- Italian comune.saint
- St. Lawrence
- Italian comune.day
- August 10
- Italian comune.postal_code
- 16016
- Italian comune.area_code
- 010
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- History
- Main sights
- Twin towns
- Nature conservation
- Notable people
- References
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.
Multiple 16th-century sources describe Cogoleto as the birthplace of Christopher Columbus, although his precise origins remain a matter of dispute.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cogoleto” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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