Stazzema
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| Comune di Stazzema | |
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 Municipal coat of arms |
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| Country |  Italy |
| Region | Tuscany |
| Province | Province of Lucca (LU) |
| Mayor | Michele Silicani |
| Elevation | 916 m |
| Area | 80.7 km² |
| Population | |
| - Total (as of Dec. 2004) | 3,379 |
| - Density | 42/km² |
| Time zone | CET, UTC+1 |
| Coordinates | |
| Gentilic | |
| Dialing code | 0584 |
| Postal code | 55040 |
| Frazioni | Arni, Cardoso, Farnocchia, Gallena, Levigliani, La Culla - Sant'Anna, Mulina, Palagnana, Pontestazzemese (communal seat), Pruno, Retignano, Ruosina, Stazzema, Terrinca, Volegno |
  Location of Stazzema in Italy |
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Stazzema is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Lucca in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 80 km northwest of Florence and about 25 km northwest of Lucca. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,379 and an area of 80.7 km2.[1]
Stazzema borders the following municipalities: Camaiore, Careggine, Massa, Molazzana, Pescaglia, Pietrasanta, Seravezza, Vagli Sotto, Vergemoli.
During World War II, the village of Sant'Anna di Stazzema was the seat of a massacre of civil population by German SS soldiers (August 12, 1944). More than 500 people were killed. The city received the Gold Medal for Military Valour after the war.
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Tuscany · Communes of the province of Lucca
| Altopascio | Bagni di Lucca | Barga | Borgo a Mozzano | Camaiore | Camporgiano | Capannori | Careggine | Castelnuovo di Garfagnana | Castiglione di Garfagnana | Coreglia Antelminelli | Fabbriche di Vallico | Forte dei Marmi | Fosciandora | Gallicano | Giuncugnano | Lucca | Massarosa | Minucciano | Molazzana | Montecarlo | Pescaglia | Piazza al Serchio | Pietrasanta | Pieve Fosciana | Porcari | San Romano in Garfagnana | Seravezza | Sillano | Stazzema | Vagli Sotto | Vergemoli | Viareggio | Villa Basilica | Villa Collemandina |
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