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Sarzana (, ; ) is a town, comune (municipality) and former short-lived Catholic bishopric in the Province of La Spezia, Liguria, Italy. It is east of La Spezia, on the railway to Pisa, at the point where the railway to Parma diverges to the north. In 2023, it had a population of 21,786.

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Sarzana is a town in northwestern Italy, located in the Province of La Spezia in the Liguria region, with a population of about 21,800 people as of 2023. It sits at an important railway junction where routes to Pisa and Parma branch off from each other, and historically was the seat of a Catholic bishopric.

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Key facts

Italian comune.name
Sarzana
Italian comune.official_name
Città di Sarzana
Italian comune.image_skyline
Sarzana - Panorama (da Monte Caprione).JPG
Italian comune.image_shield
Sarzana-Stemma.svg
Italian comune.image_flag
Sarzana-Bandiera.svg
Italian comune.region
Liguria
Italian comune.province
La Spezia (SP)
Italian comune.frazioni
Marinella di Sarzana, Falcinello, Sarzanello, San Lazzaro
Italian comune.mayor
Cristina Ponzanelli
Italian comune.area_total_km2
34
Italian comune.population_total
22104
Italian comune.population_as_of
31 December 2016
Italian comune.population_demonym
Sarzanesi
Italian comune.elevation_m
21
Italian comune.saint
St. Andrew
Italian comune.day
30 November
Italian comune.postal_code
19038
Italian comune.area_code
0187

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
comune of Italy
Official name
Sarzana
Demonym
sarzanesi
Country
Italy
Population
21650
Area
34.52
Elevation
21
Time zone
UTC+01:00
Shares border with
Vezzano Ligure
Official website
www.comune.sarzana.sp.it
Image
Sarzana - Panorama (da Monte Caprione).JPG
Dialing code
0187
Licence plate code
SP
Patron saint
Andrew the Apostle
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twinned administrative body
Eger
topic's main category
Category:Sarzana
Commons category
Sarzana
postal code
19038
category for people born here
Category:Births in Sarzana
category for people who died here
Category:Deaths in Sarzana
Commons gallery
Sarzana
category of associated people
Category:People from Sarzana
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Encyclopedic overview

10 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Ecclesiastical history
  • Main sights
  • Notable locals
  • International relations
  • Twin towns – sister cities
  • Climate
  • See also
  • References
  • Sources and external links

Sarzana (, ; ) is a town, comune (municipality) and former short-lived Catholic bishopric in the Province of La Spezia, Liguria, Italy. It is east of La Spezia, on the railway to Pisa, at the point where the railway to Parma diverges to the north. In 2023, it had a population of 21,786.

== History == The position of Sarzana, at the entrance to the valley of the Magra (ancient Macra), the boundary between Etruria and Liguria in Roman times, gave it military importance in the Middle Ages. The first mention of the city is found in 983 in a diploma of Otto I; in 1202 the episcopal see was transferred from the ancient Luni, southeast, to Sarzana.

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