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Key facts
- Country
- Italy
- Region
- Abruzzo
- Province
- Pescara (PE)
- Frazioni
- Baricelle, Casale, Collalto, Colle d'Omero, Colle Formica, Colle Maggio, Colle San Giovanni, Colle Sant'Angelo, Colle Stella, Colletrotta, Conaprato, Mallo , Pagliari, Ponte Sant'Antonio, Porta Caldaia, Roccafinadamo, San Pellegrino, Serpacchio, Teto, Villa Degna
- Mayor
- Gilberto Petrucci
- Total
- 91 km (35 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 438 m (1,437 ft)
- Density
- 140/km (350/sq mi)
- Demonym
- Pennesi
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Dialing code
- 085
- Patron saint
- St. Maximus
- Saint day
- May 7
- Website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- comune of Italy
- Official name
- Penne
- Demonym
- pennesi
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Province of Pescara
- Official language
- Italian
- Population
- 11165
- Area
- 91.2
- Elevation
- 438
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Picciano
- Official website
- www.comune.penne.pe.it
- Image
- PenneAbruzzoPanorama1.jpg
- Dialing code
- 085
- Licence plate code
- PE
- Patron saint
- Maximus of Aveia
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- topic's main category
- Category:Penne, Abruzzo
- Commons category
- Penne (comune, Italy)
- postal code
- 65017
- category for people born here
- Q9226377
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Penne, Abruzzo
- different from
- pasta
- P11012
- Langwieder Bach
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- native label
- Penne
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Encyclopedic overview
Penne ( Italian pronunciation: [ˈpenne], locally [ˈpɛnne]; Pònne in the local dialect) is an Italian town in the province of Pescara, in the Abruzzo region, in mid-southern Italy. According to the last census in 2014 the population was 12,451. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
Penne is today among the most important towns in the Vestini area, sitting in the hills between the Apennine Mountains and the Adriatic Sea and opening the way for the National Park of Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga through the Regional Natural Reserve "Lake of Penne".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Penne” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.