Roffia
Sign in to saveRoffia is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of San Miniato, province of Pisa. It is located along the southern banks of the Arno river, about 4 km from the municipal center of San Miniato and about 50 km from Pisa. Near the hamlet there is a lake (Roffia Lake) which was formed following the various floods of the Arno in the 14th and 15th century. In the 1980s, a recovery plan began for the transformation of the lake area into a specialized river park for canoeing competitions and for international rowing.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Roffia is referenced by 196 other articles, and connects out to Italy, time zone and geographic coordinate system.
The entry is geolocated on the map in city, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under the topic Frazioni of San Miniato.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- frazione
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- San Miniato
- Elevation
- 21
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Image
- RoffiaSanMiniatoPanorama2.jpg
- Dialing code
- 0571
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- postal code
- 56028
- Commons category
- Roffia
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Roffia is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of San Miniato, province of Pisa. It is located along the southern banks of the Arno river, about 4 km from the municipal center of San Miniato and about 50 km from Pisa. Near the hamlet there is a lake (Roffia Lake) which was formed following the various floods of the Arno in the 14th and 15th century. In the 1980s, a recovery plan began for the transformation of the lake area into a specialized river park for canoeing competitions and for international rowing.
At the time of the 2001 census its population was 232.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Roffia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations