Gavorrano
Sign in to saveGavorrano is a mountain-side comune (municipality) in the Province of Grosseto in the western Italian region of Tuscany, located about 100 km (62 mi) southwest of Florence and about 25 km (16 mi) northwest of Grosseto. Gavorrano borders the municipalities of Castiglione della Pescaia, Grosseto, Massa Marittima, Roccastrada and Scarlino.
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Gavorrano is a small hilltop town in Tuscany, Italy, located in the Province of Grosseto, roughly 100 kilometers southwest of Florence. It is primarily notable as a local municipality that sits between several other towns in the western Tuscan region.
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- Italian comune.name
- Gavorrano
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Gavorrano
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- Italian comune.region
- Tuscany
- Italian comune.province
- Grosseto (GR)
- Italian comune.frazioni
- Bagno di Gavorrano, Caldana, Castellaccia, Filare, Giuncarico, Grilli, Potassa, Ravi
- Italian comune.mayor
- Andrea Biondi
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 163.98
- Italian comune.population_total
- 8596
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 31 August 2017
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Article
12 sectionsContents
- History
- Nello dei Pannocchieschi and Pia de' Tolomei
- Government
- Frazioni
- List of mayors
- Main sights
- Transports
- Sport
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
Gavorrano is a mountain-side comune (municipality) in the Province of Grosseto in the western Italian region of Tuscany, located about 100 km (62 mi) southwest of Florence and about 25 km (16 mi) northwest of Grosseto. Gavorrano borders the municipalities of Castiglione della Pescaia, Grosseto, Massa Marittima, Roccastrada and Scarlino.
thumb|right|The town of Bagno di Gavorrano at sunset. thumb|right|The old town of Ravi. The village is located on the northern slope of Monte d'Alma (Poggio Ballone), east of Scarlino, in an area extremely rich in terms of mining, especially for large deposits of the iron ore pyrite which were intensively exploited until the early 1980s.