Urbe

Urbe
Urbe
	Comune
	Comune di Urbe
	Urbe Location of Urbe in Italy
	Coordinates: 44°30′4″N8°38′27″E / 44.50111°N 8.64083°E Coordinates: 44°30′4″N8°38′27″E / 44.50111°N 8.64083°E
Country	Italy
Region	Liguria
Province	Province of Savona (SV)
Frazioni	Acquabianca, Martina, San Pietro, Vara Inferiore, Vara Superiore
Area
• Total	31.5 km2 (12.2 sq mi)
Elevation	540 m (1,770 ft)
Population (Dec. 2004)
• Total	847
• Density	27/km2 (70/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Urbaschi
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	17040
Dialing code	019
Website	Official website

Last updated April 08, 2019

Urbe (Genoese: L'Orba, locally R'Urba or L'Urba) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about 30 kilometres (19 mi) northwest of Genoa and about 25 kilometres (16 mi) northeast of Savona. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 847 and an area of 31.5 square kilometres (12.2 sq mi).^[1]

Genoese is the main dialect of the Ligurian language, spoken in Genoa.

The comune is a basic administrative division in Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality.

The province of Savona is a province in the Liguria region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Savona, which has a population of 61,219 inhabitants. The province has a total population of 279,754.

Geography

The municipality of Urbe contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Acquabianca, Martina, San Pietro, Vara Inferiore, and Vara Superiore.

"Frazione" is the Italian name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other administrative divisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere. It is cognate to the English word fraction, but in practice is roughly equivalent to "parishes" or "wards" in other countries.

Urbe borders the following municipalities: Genoa, Ponzone, Sassello, and Tiglieto.

Genoa is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian census, the Province of Genoa, which in 2015 became the Metropolitan City of Genoa, counted 855,834 resident persons. Over 1.5 million people live in the wider metropolitan area stretching along the Italian Riviera.

Ponzone is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 kilometres (50 mi) southeast of Turin and about 40 kilometres (25 mi) southwest of Alessandria. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,217 and an area of 69.3 square kilometres (26.8 sq mi).

Sassello is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about 58 kilometres (36 mi) west of Genoa and about 26 kilometres (16 mi) north of Savona in the northern side of the Ligurian Apennines. It is the birthplace of Blessed Chiara Badano.

Demographic evolution

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References

↑ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.

External links

www.comune.urbe.sv.it/

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[istat-1] All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.