Chianni
Encyclopedia
Chianni is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Pisa
in the Italian
region Tuscany
, located about 60 km southwest of Florence
and about 35 km southeast of Pisa
.
Its territory includes vast chestnut
woods and cultivations of vine
and olive
trees.
Chianni borders the following municipalities: Casciana Terme
, Castellina Marittima
, Lajatico
, Riparbella
, Santa Luce
, Terricciola
.
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...
(municipality) in the Province of Pisa
Province of Pisa
The Province of Pisa is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Pisa.It has an area of 2,448 km², and a total population of 394,101 . There are 39 comuni in the province ....
in the Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
region Tuscany
Tuscany
Tuscany is a region in Italy. It has an area of about 23,000 square kilometres and a population of about 3.75 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence ....
, located about 60 km southwest of Florence
Florence
Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
and about 35 km southeast of Pisa
Pisa
Pisa is a city in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the River Arno on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa...
.
Its territory includes vast chestnut
Chestnut
Chestnut , some species called chinkapin or chinquapin, is a genus of eight or nine species of deciduous trees and shrubs in the beech family Fagaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. The name also refers to the edible nuts they produce.-Species:The chestnut belongs to the...
woods and cultivations of vine
Vine
A vine in the narrowest sense is the grapevine , but more generally it can refer to any plant with a growth habit of trailing or scandent, that is to say climbing, stems or runners...
and olive
Olive
The olive , Olea europaea), is a species of a small tree in the family Oleaceae, native to the coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean Basin as well as northern Iran at the south end of the Caspian Sea.Its fruit, also called the olive, is of major agricultural importance in the...
trees.
Chianni borders the following municipalities: Casciana Terme
Casciana Terme
Casciana Terme is a town of 3696 inhabitants in the province of Pisa. It was formed from what was, until 1927, the southern part of the municipality of Lari....
, Castellina Marittima
Castellina Marittima
Castellina Marittima is a comune in the province of Pisa in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 70 km southwest of Florence and about 35 km southeast of Pisa....
, Lajatico
Lajatico
Lajatico is a comune in the Province of Pisa in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 50 km southwest of Florence and about 40 km southeast of Pisa. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,353 and an area of 72.3 km²...
, Riparbella
Riparbella
Riparbella is a comune in the Province of Pisa in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 70 km southwest of Florence and about 40 km southeast of Pisa.-External links:*...
, Santa Luce
Santa Luce
Santa Luce is a comune in the Province of Pisa in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 70 km southwest of Florence and about 30 km southeast of Pisa....
, Terricciola
Terricciola
Terricciola is a comune in the Province of Pisa in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 50 km southwest of Florence and about 30 km southeast of Pisa...
.