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Massa is a town and comune in Tuscany, Italy, the administrative centre of the province of Massa-Carrara. Located in the northern part of the Tuscany region, where sea and land naturally join in a wonderful and unique contrast, Massa has a population of approximately 69,000 inhabitants, distributed in five boroughs. The Massa area is of high touristic value and also hosts a concentration of some 600 industrial and craft activities, located within the so-called Apuan Industrial Zone, with a direct employment of more than 7,000 people. Together with the twin town of Carrara, Massa is worldwide known for the extraction and production of marble. Carrara is a city in the province of Massa-Carrara (Tuscany, Italy), famous for the white or blue-gray marble quarried there. It is on the Carrione River, some 100 km west-northwest of Florence. The municipality of Carrara was established in 1235. Over the centuries it was ruled by Pisa (1235), Lucca (1322), Genoa (1329), and Milan (1343). After the death of Filippo Maria Visconti of Milan in 1477, Carrara was fought over by Tommaso Campogregoso, lord of Sarzana, and the Malaspina family. (Wikipedia).
The Municipal districts are: Aulla, Bagnone, Carrara, Casola In Lunigiana, Comano, Filattiera, Fivizzano, Fosdinovo, Licciana Nardi, Massa, Montignoso, Mulazzo, Podenzana, Pontremoli, Tresana, Villafranca In Lunigiana, Zeri. |
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Country: Italy Region: Tuscany Province: Massa Carrara Municipal Districts: n°17 |
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Area: 1.156 Kmē Altitude: 12mt. s.l.m. Population: 200.825 on 31/12/2007 Density: 173,72 pop./kmē |
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