Palaia
Encyclopedia
Palaia is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Pisa
in the Italian
region Tuscany
, located about 45 km southwest of Florence
and about 30 km southeast of Pisa
.
Palaia borders the following municipalities: Capannoli
, Montaione
, Montopoli in Val d'Arno
, Peccioli
, Pontedera
, San Miniato
.
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 45 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 30 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...
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Palaia borders the following municipalities: Capannoli
Capannoli
Capannoli is a comune in the Province of Pisa in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 50 km southwest of Florence and about 25 km southeast of Pisa...
, Montaione
Montaione
Montaione is a comune in the Province of Florence in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 35 km southwest of Florence.-Geography:...
, Montopoli in Val d'Arno
Montopoli in Val d'Arno
Montopoli in Val d'Arno is a comune in the Province of Pisa in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 40 km southwest of Florence and about 30 km east of Pisa....
, Peccioli
Peccioli
Peccioli 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.-Main sights:...
, Pontedera
Pontedera
Pontedera is an Italian industrial town in Tuscany, Italy, in the administrative province of Pisa. It is the headquarters of the Piaggio company, which in the 1930s was a major aircraft manufacturer and which now manufactures motor vehicles such as the Vespa and the Ape...
, San Miniato
San Miniato
San Miniato is a town and comune in the province of Pisa, in the region of Tuscany, Italy.San Miniato sits at an historically strategic location atop three small hills where it dominates the lower Arno valley between the valleys of Egola and Elsa...
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