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Porcari is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Lucca in the Italian region Tuscany, located about west of Florence and about east of Lucca.

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Porcari is a small town in Tuscany, Italy, situated in the Province of Lucca between Florence and the city of Lucca itself. It is a typical Italian municipality that serves as a local administrative and residential center in the Tuscan region.

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Key facts

Italian comune.name
Porcari
Italian comune.official_name
Comune di Porcari
Italian comune.image_skyline
Porcari Panorama.jpg
Italian comune.image_shield
Porcari-Stemma.png
Italian comune.region
Tuscany
Italian comune.province
Lucca (LU)
Italian comune.frazioni
Rughi, Padule, La Fratina
Italian comune.mayor
Alberto Baccini
Italian comune.area_total_km2
17.9
Italian comune.population_total
8753
Italian comune.population_as_of
1 June 2011
Italian comune.population_demonym
Porcaresi
Italian comune.elevation_m
32
Italian comune.saint
St. Justus
Italian comune.day
Monday after Pentecost
Italian comune.postal_code
55016
Italian comune.area_code
0583

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
comune of Italy
Official name
Porcari
Country
Italy
Population
8788
Area
18.05
Elevation
32
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Shares border with
Capannori
Official website
www.comune.porcari.lu.it
Image
Porcari.jpg
Dialing code
0583
Licence plate code
LU
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twinned administrative body
Carmaux
Commons category
Porcari
postal code
55016
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Encyclopedic overview

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Porcari is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Lucca in the Italian region Tuscany, located about west of Florence and about east of Lucca.

In the Middle Ages it was a stage on the Via Francigena. It houses the church of St. Justus, dating to the 16th century but later mostly remade in neo-medieval style.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Porcari” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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