Grottammare
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Comune di Grottammare | |
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Municipal coat of arms |
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Country | 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 | |
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.
[edit] External links
- Red Pepper, August 2004, "Local Democracy Italian style"
Marche · Communes of the province of Ascoli Piceno