Celle Ligure

Comune in Liguria, Italy

Coat of arms

Location of Celle Ligure

44°21′N 8°33′E / 44.350°N 8.550°E / 44.350; 8.550CountryItalyRegionLiguriaProvinceSavona (SV)Government

• MayorCaterina Mordeglia^[1]Area

^[2]

• Total9.6 km² (3.7 sq mi)Population

(31 December 2011)^[3]

• Total5,342 • Density560/km² (1,400/sq mi)DemonymCellesi or CellaschiTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

17015

Dialing code019Websitewww.comune.celle.sv.it

Celle Ligure (Ligurian: Çelle) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about 30 kilometres (19 miles) west of Genoa and about 8 kilometres (5 miles) northeast of Savona.

It borders the comuni of: Albisola Superiore, Stella, and Varazze. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").^[4]

Main sights

Parish church of San Michele Arcangelo (1645). It houses a polyptych by Perin del Vaga from 1535
Pseudo-Romanesque church of Nostra Signora della Consolazione (18th century)
Bregalla Tower (11th through 16th centuries)

International relations

Celle Ligure is twinned with:

Celle, Germany^[5]

People

Francesco della Rovere, later Pope Sixtus IV, was born in Celle in 1414.

References

^ "Celle Ligure, il nuovo sindaco è Caterina Mordeglia: Zunino battuto di 317 voti - IVG.it". 27 May 2019.
^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
^ "Liguria" (in Italian). Retrieved 31 July 2023.
^ "Stadt Celle". www.celle.de. Retrieved 2010-01-05.