Celle Ligure
Celle Ligure | |
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| Comune di Celle Ligure | |
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Location of Celle Ligure  | |
  Celle Ligure Location of Celle Ligure in Italy  Celle Ligure Celle Ligure (Liguria) | |
| Coordinates: 44°21′N 8°33′E / 44.350°N 8.550°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Liguria |
| Province | Savona (SV) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Caterina Mordeglia[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 9.6 km2 (3.7 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2011)[3] | |
• Total | 5,342 |
| • Density | 560/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Cellesi or Cellaschi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 17015 |
| Dialing code | 019 |
| Website | www |
Celle Ligure (Ligurian: Çelle) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about 30 kilometres (19 miles) west of Genoa and about 8 kilometres (5 miles) northeast of Savona.
It borders the comuni of: Albisola Superiore, Stella, and Varazze. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").[4]
Main sights
[edit]- Parish church of San Michele Arcangelo (1645). It houses a polyptych by Perin del Vaga from 1535
- Pseudo-Romanesque church of Nostra Signora della Consolazione (18th century)
- Bregalla Tower (11th through 16th centuries)
International relations
[edit]Celle Ligure is twinned with:
People
[edit]Francesco della Rovere, later Pope Sixtus IV, was born in Celle in 1414.
References
[edit]- ^ "Celle Ligure, il nuovo sindaco è Caterina Mordeglia: Zunino battuto di 317 voti - IVG.it". 27 May 2019.
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
- ^ "Liguria" (in Italian). Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ "Stadt Celle". www.celle.de. Retrieved 2010-01-05.
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