Albenga

Albenga
Comune di Albenga
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Albenga is located in Italy
Albenga
Albenga
Location of Albenga in Italy
Albenga is located in Liguria
Albenga
Albenga
Albenga (Liguria)
Coordinates: 44°03′N 8°13′E / 44.050°N 8.217°E / 44.050; 8.217
CountryItaly
RegionLiguria
ProvinceSavona (SV)
FrazioniBastia, Campochiesa, Leca, Lusignano, Salea, San Fedele
Government
 • MayorRiccardo Tomatis
Area
 • Total36.51 km2 (14.10 sq mi)
Elevation
5 m (16 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2010)[2]
 • Total24,378
 • Density670/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
DemonymIngauni or Albenganesi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
17031
Dialing code0182
Patron saintSaint Michael the Archangel
Saint day29 September
WebsiteOfficial website

Albenga (Ligurian: Arbenga;[3] Latin: Albingaunum) is a city and comune situated on the Gulf of Genoa on the Italian Riviera in the Province of Savona in Liguria, northern Italy.

Albenga has the nickname of city of a hundred spires. The economy is mostly based on tourism, local commerce and agriculture.

Albenga has six hamlets: Lusignano, San Fedele, Campochiesa, Leca, Bastia, Salea.

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. ^ Frisoni, Gaetano [in Italian] (1910). Dizionario Genovese-Italiano e Italiano-Genovese (in Italian). Genoa: Nuova Editrice Genovese.

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