Molazzana
Encyclopedia
Molazzana is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Lucca
in the Italian
region Tuscany
, located about 70 km northwest of Florence
and about 25 km northwest of Lucca
. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,166 and an area of 31.6 km².
Molazzana borders the following municipalities: Barga
, Careggine
, Castelnuovo di Garfagnana
, Gallicano, Stazzema
, Vergemoli
.
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 Lucca
Province of Lucca
The Province of Lucca is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Lucca.It has an area of 1,773 km², and a total population of 372,244...
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 70 km northwest 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 25 km northwest of Lucca
Lucca
Lucca is a city and comune in Tuscany, central Italy, situated on the river Serchio in a fertile plainnear the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Lucca...
. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,166 and an area of 31.6 km².
Molazzana borders the following municipalities: Barga
Barga
Barga is a medieval town and comune of the province of Lucca in Tuscany, central Italy. It is home to around 10,000 people and is the chief town of the "Media Valle" of the Serchio.-Geography:...
, Careggine
Careggine
Careggine is a town and comune in the province of Lucca, in northern Tuscany . Its most famous son is Italian football legend Marco Tardelli. It is also the place of birth of Adriano Tardelli, one of the heroes of the Italian resistance movement....
, Castelnuovo di Garfagnana
Castelnuovo di Garfagnana
Castelnuovo di Garfagnana is a town and comune in the province of Lucca, Toscana, central Italy. It is located at rises at the confluence of the Serchio and the Turrite Secca river, close to the intersection among the roads passing through the Apennine Mountains and the Apuane Alps.The local...
, Gallicano, Stazzema
Stazzema
Stazzema is a comune in the Province of Lucca in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 80 km northwest of Florence and about 25 km northwest of Lucca.-Geography:...
, Vergemoli
Vergemoli
Vergemoli is a comune in the Province of Lucca in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 80 km northwest of Florence and about 25 km northwest of Lucca....
.