| Grottammare | |
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| — Comune — | |
| Comune di Grottammare | |
| View from the old town | |
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Grottammare
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| Coordinates: | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Marche |
| Province | Ascoli Piceno (AP) |
| Frazioni | Ischia |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Luigi Merli (since May 2003) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 17.66 km2 (6.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 4 m (13 ft) |
| Population (1 January 2008) | |
| • Total | 15,286 |
| • Density | 865.6/km2 (2,241.8/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Grottammaresi |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 63013 |
| Dialing code | 0735 |
| Patron saint | Saint Paternian |
| Saint day | 10 July |
| Website | Official website |
Grottammare is a town and comune 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.
Pope Sixtus V was born here.