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Sarzana

Sarzana (, ; ) is a town, comune (municipality) and former short-lived Catholic bishopric in the Province of La Spezia, Liguria, Italy. It is east of La Spezia, on the railway to Pisa, at the point where the railway to Parma diverges to the north. In 2023, it had a population of 21,786.

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Sarzana is a town in northwestern Italy, located in the Province of La Spezia in the Liguria region, with a population of about 21,800 people as of 2023. It sits at an important railway junction where routes to Pisa and Parma branch off from each other, and historically was the seat of a Catholic bishopric.

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Italian comune.name: Sarzana
Italian comune.official_name: Città di Sarzana
Italian comune.image_skyline: Sarzana - Panorama (da Monte Caprione).JPG
Italian comune.image_shield: Sarzana-Stemma.svg
Italian comune.image_flag: Sarzana-Bandiera.svg
Italian comune.region: Liguria
Italian comune.province: La Spezia (SP)
Italian comune.frazioni: Marinella di Sarzana, Falcinello, Sarzanello, San Lazzaro
Italian comune.mayor: Cristina Ponzanelli
Italian comune.area_total_km2: 34
Italian comune.population_total: 22104
Italian comune.population_as_of: 31 December 2016
Italian comune.population_demonym: Sarzanesi
Italian comune.elevation_m: 21
Italian comune.saint: St. Andrew
Italian comune.day: 30 November
Italian comune.postal_code: 19038
Italian comune.area_code: 0187

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

History
Ecclesiastical history
Main sights
Notable locals
International relations
Twin towns – sister cities
Climate
See also
References
Sources and external links

== History == The position of Sarzana, at the entrance to the valley of the Magra (ancient Macra), the boundary between Etruria and Liguria in Roman times, gave it military importance in the Middle Ages. The first mention of the city is found in 983 in a diploma of Otto I; in 1202 the episcopal see was transferred from the ancient Luni, southeast, to Sarzana.

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