Castel San Niccolò
Encyclopedia
Castel San Niccolò is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Arezzo
in the Italian
region Tuscany
, located about 40 km east of Florence
and about 35 km northwest of Arezzo
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Castel San Niccolò borders the following municipalities: Castelfranco di Sopra
, Loro Ciuffenna
, Montemignaio
, Ortignano Raggiolo
, Poppi
, Pratovecchio
, Reggello
.
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 Arezzo
Province of Arezzo
The Province of Arezzo or Arretium is the easternmost province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Arezzo.It has an area of 3,232 km², and a total population of 323,288 in 39 comuni . At June 30, 2005, the main comuni by population are:- External links :...
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 40 km east 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 northwest of Arezzo
Arezzo
Arezzo is a city and comune in Central Italy, capital of the province of the same name, located in Tuscany. Arezzo is about 80 km southeast of Florence, at an elevation of 296 m above sea level. In 2011 the population was about 100,000....
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Castel San Niccolò borders the following municipalities: Castelfranco di Sopra
Castelfranco di Sopra
Castelfranco di Sopra is a comune in the Province of Arezzo in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 30 km southeast of Florence and about 30 km northwest of Arezzo....
, Loro Ciuffenna
Loro Ciuffenna
Loro Ciuffenna is a comune in the Province of Arezzo in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 40 km southeast of Florence and about 25 km northwest of Arezzo....
, Montemignaio
Montemignaio
Montemignaio is a comune in the Province of Arezzo in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 30 km east of Florence and about 35 km northwest of Arezzo....
, Ortignano Raggiolo
Ortignano Raggiolo
Ortignano Raggiolo is a comune in the Province of Arezzo in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 40 km southeast of Florence and about 25 km northwest of Arezzo....
, Poppi
Poppi
Poppi is a comune in the Province of Arezzo in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 40 km east of Florence and about 30 km northwest of Arezzo....
, Pratovecchio
Pratovecchio
-History:Dono di Paolo, father of the Florentine artist Paolo Uccello, was a barber-surgeon from Pratovecchio. Dono moved to Florence and became a citizen there in 1373.-Main sights:...
, Reggello
Reggello
Reggello is a comune in the Province of Florence in the Italian region of Tuscany, located about 25 km southeast of Florence....
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