Grottammare

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Comune di Grottammare
Coat of arms of Comune di Grottammare
Municipal coat of arms
Country Italy Italy
Region Marche
Province Ascoli Piceno (AP)
Mayor
Elevation 4 m
Area 17 km²
Population
 - Total (as of 2004) 14,732
 - Density 832/km²
Time zone CET, UTC+1
Coordinates 42°59′N 13°52′E
Gentilic Grottammaresi
Dialing code 0735
Postal code 63013
Patron San Paterniano
 - Day July 10
Website: www.comune.grottammare.ap.it


Grottammare is a town and commune on Italy's Adriatic coast, in the province of Ascoli Piceno, Marche region. It receives over 500,000 tourists a year.

In 1994 the ruling Christian Democrats were ousted by a coalition known as Participation and Solidarity (PS). It created a system of neighbourhood assemblies as a type of participatory democracy.

[edit] Sports

It has a Serie D football team, S.P. Grottammare 1899.

[edit] Notable people

Pope Sixtus V was born here.

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