Pieve Fosciana
Encyclopedia
Pieve Fosciana is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Lucca
in the Italian
region Tuscany
, located about 80 km northwest of Florence
and about 30 km north of Lucca
.
Pieve Fosciana borders the following municipalities: Camporgiano
, Castelnuovo di Garfagnana
, Castiglione di Garfagnana
, Fosciandora
, Pievepelago
, San Romano in Garfagnana
, Villa Collemandina
.
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 80 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 30 km north 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...
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Pieve Fosciana borders the following municipalities: Camporgiano
Camporgiano
Camporgiano is a comune in the Province of Lucca in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 90 km northwest of Florence and about 40 km northwest of Lucca....
, 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...
, Castiglione di Garfagnana
Castiglione di Garfagnana
Castiglione di Garfagnana is a medieval walled town and comune of 1,878 inhabitants in the province of Lucca.It sits on a hillside above the river Esarulo, a tributary of the Serchio....
, Fosciandora
Fosciandora
Fosciandora is a comune in the Province of Lucca in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 70 km northwest of Florence and about 30 km north of Lucca....
, Pievepelago
Pievepelago
Pievepelago is a comune in the Province of Modena in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 70 km southwest of Bologna and about 60 km southwest of Modena. It is a tourist resort in the Modenese Apennines, crossed by the Via Vandelli.- Notable people :* Palmiro Serafini , ski...
, San Romano in Garfagnana
San Romano in Garfagnana
San Romano in Garfagnana is a comune in the Province of Lucca in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 80 km northwest of Florence and about 40 km northwest of Lucca....
, Villa Collemandina
Villa Collemandina
Villa Collemandina is a comune in the Province of Lucca in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 80 km northwest of Florence and about 35 km north of Lucca....
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