Porto Azzurro
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| Porto Azzurro | |||
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| — Comune — | |||
| Comune di Porto Azzurro | |||
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 Porto Azzurro
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| Coordinates: 42°46′N 10°24′E / 42.767°N 10.4°E | |||
| Country | Italy | ||
| Region | Tuscany | ||
| Province | Livorno (LI) | ||
| Frazioni | Barbarossa, Mola | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Maurizio Papi (since May 2002) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 13.3 km2 (5.1 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 2 m (7 ft) | ||
| Population (31 December 2006)[1] | |||
| • Total | 3,452 | ||
| • Density | 260/km2 (670/sq mi) | ||
| Demonym | Longonesi, Portoazzurrini | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 57036 | ||
| Dialing code | 0565 | ||
| Patron saint | St. James | ||
| Saint day | July 26 | ||
Porto Azzurro is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Livorno in the Italian region Tuscany; it is on the island of Elba, located about 130 km southwest of Florence and about 90 km south of Livorno. It formerly called Porto Longone, and in 1557 Jacob VI Appiani, Prince of Piombino, granted Spain the right to build a fortress there.[2] It was transferred to the Kingdom of Naples in 1735 under the terms of the 1725 Treaty of Vienna, and then to France in 1801, when Napoleon established the Kingdom of Etruria.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
- ^ a b Frey, Linda; Frey, Marsha (1995). The treaties of the War of the Spanish Succession: an historical and critical dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 421–2. ISBN 9780313278846. http://books.google.com/books?id=wrJmCvFY6ocC&pg=PA421. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
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