Santa Margherita di Staffora
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Santa Margherita di Staffora is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Pavia
in the Italian
region Lombardy
, located about 80 km south of Milan
and about 50 km south of Pavia
. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 589 and an area of 36.7 km².
Santa Margherita di Staffora borders the following municipalities: Bobbio
, Brallo di Pregola
, Fabbrica Curone
, Menconico
, Varzi
, Zerba
.
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 Pavia
Province of Pavia
The Province of Pavia is a province in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy. Pavia is the capital.It has an area of 2,965 km², and a total population of 493,753...
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 Lombardy
Lombardy
Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region, making it the most populous and richest region in the country and one of the richest in the whole of Europe...
, located about 80 km south of Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
and about 50 km south of Pavia
Pavia
Pavia , the ancient Ticinum, is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy, northern Italy, 35 km south of Milan on the lower Ticino river near its confluence with the Po. It is the capital of the province of Pavia. It has a population of c. 71,000...
. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 589 and an area of 36.7 km².
Santa Margherita di Staffora borders the following municipalities: Bobbio
Bobbio
Bobbio is a small town and commune in the province of Piacenza in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. It is located in the Trebbia River valley southwest of the town Piacenza. There is also an abbey and a diocese of the same name...
, Brallo di Pregola
Brallo di Pregola
Brallo di Pregola is a comune in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 80 km south of Milan and about 50 km south of Pavia...
, Fabbrica Curone
Fabbrica Curone
Fabbrica Curone is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located in the upper valley of the Curone stream, about 120 km southeast of Turin and about 45 km southeast of Alessandria.Fabbrica Curone borders the following municipalities: Albera Ligure,...
, Menconico
Menconico
Menconico is a comune in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 70 km south of Milan and about 45 km south of Pavia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 465 and an area of 28.2 km²....
, Varzi
Varzi
Varzi is a comune in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 70 km south of Milan and about 40 km south of Pavia...
, Zerba
Zerba
Zerba is a comune in the Province of Piacenza in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 170 km west of Bologna and about 50 km southwest of Piacenza...
.