Ponte Buggianese is a comune

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 Pistoia

Province of Pistoia

The Province of Pistoia is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Pistoia. It has an area of 965 km², and a total population of 268,503 . There are 22 communes in the province .-External links:...

 in the Italian

Italy

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 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 west 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 20 km southwest of Pistoia

Pistoia

Pistoia is a city and comune in the Tuscany region of Italy, the capital of a province of the same name, located about 30 km west and north of Florence and is crossed by the Ombrone Pistoiese, a tributary of the River Arno.-History:...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 7,618 and an area of 29 km².

The municipality of Ponte Buggianese contains the frazioni

Frazione

A frazione , in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other administrative divisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere...

(subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Albinatico, Anchione, Casabianca, Ponte di Mingo, Fattoria and Vione.

Ponte Buggianese borders the following municipalities: Buggiano

Buggiano

Buggiano is a comune in the Province of Pistoia in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 45 km northwest of Florence and about 15 km southwest of Pistoia.-Main sights:*Sanctuary of the Holy Crucifix...

, Chiesina Uzzanese

Chiesina Uzzanese

Chiesina Uzzanese is a comune in the Province of Pistoia in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 45 km west of Florence and about 20 km southwest of Pistoia...

, Fucecchio

Fucecchio

Fucecchio is a town and comune of the province of Firenze in the Italian region of Tuscany. The main economical resources of the city are the leather industries, shoes industry and other manufacturing activities, although in the recent years their number has been decreasing because of a slight...

, Larciano

Larciano

Larciano is a comune in the Province of Pistoia in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 30 km west of Florence and about 13 km south of Pistoia....

, Montecatini Terme

Montecatini Terme

Montecatini Terme is an Italian district of 21,095 inhabitants within the province of Pistoia in Tuscany. The most important center in Valdinievole...

, Monsummano Terme

Monsummano Terme

Monsummano Terme is an comune located in the Province of Pistoia, Tuscany, central Italy. It is located in the Valdinievole, and is a popular spa resort....

, Pieve a Nievole

Pieve a Nievole

Pieve a Nievole is a comune in the Province of Pistoia in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 35 km northwest of Florence and about 11 km southwest of Pistoia...

 and Uzzano

Uzzano

Uzzano is a comune in the Province of Pistoia in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 45 km west of Florence and about 15 km southwest of Pistoia...

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