Celle Ligure

Celle Ligure
Comune
Comune di Celle Ligure
Celle Ligure
Celle Ligure
Flag of Celle Ligure
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Coat of arms of Celle Ligure
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Celle Ligure is located in Italy
Celle Ligure
Celle Ligure
Location of Celle Ligure in Italy
Celle Ligure is located in Liguria
Celle Ligure
Celle Ligure
Celle Ligure (Liguria)
Coordinates: 44°21′N 8°33′E / 44.350°N 8.550°E / 44.350; 8.550
CountryItaly
RegionLiguria
ProvinceSavona (SV)
Government
 • MayorCaterina Mordeglia[1]
Area
[2]
 • Total
9.6 km2 (3.7 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2011)[3]
 • Total
5,342
 • Density560/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
DemonymCellesi or Cellaschi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
17015
Dialing code019
Websitewww.comune.celle.sv.it

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

  • 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

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Italy

Celle Ligure is twinned with:

People

Francesco della Rovere, later Pope Sixtus IV, was born in Celle in 1414.

References

  1. ^ "Celle Ligure, il nuovo sindaco è Caterina Mordeglia: Zunino battuto di 317 voti - IVG.it". 27 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
  4. ^ "Liguria" (in Italian). Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Stadt Celle". www.celle.de. Retrieved 2010-01-05.



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