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Gabicce Mare

Comune in Marche, Italy

Coat of arms

Gabicce within the Province of Pesaro and Urbino

Location of Gabicce Mare

43°58′N 12°46′E / 43.967°N 12.767°E / 43.967; 12.767CountryItalyRegionMarcheProvincePesaro e Urbino (PU)FrazioniBaia Vallugola, Case Badioli, Gabicce Monte, Vigna del MareGovernment

• MayorDomenico PascuzziArea

^[1]

• Total4.9 km² (1.9 sq mi)Population

(28 February 2009^[2])^[3]

• Total5,921 • Density1,200/km² (3,100/sq mi)DemonymGabiccesiTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

61011

Dialing code0541Patron saintSaint Hermes

Gabicce Mare, also named Gabicce (Romagnol: Gabéc), is a town and comune (municipality) in the province of Pesaro and Urbino, in Italy, region Marche. It is located about 70 kilometres (43 mi) northwest of Ancona, 16 kilometres (10 mi) north of Pesaro, and is close to the borders with the province of Rimini, in Emilia-Romagna.

The village has once been a fisherman's place, but nowadays it is a summer tourist center with several beaches.^[4]^[5] The town is considered by some to be part of the historical region of Romagna, forming an extension of the riviera romagnola.^[6]

Main sights

Baia Imperiale. The nightclub, with its distinctive columns, has been used as a filming location for several Italian films, including Abbronzatissimi [it] (1991) and S.P.Q.R.: 2,000 and a Half Years Ago (1994).^[7]

Twin towns

Ötigheim, Germany, since 1999 ^[8]
Brussels, Belgium, since 2003 ^[9]
Eguisheim, France, since 2007 ^[10]

References

^ "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.
^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ BlueFlag 2015^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Gabicce Beach View". Archived from the original on 2020-11-28. Retrieved 2015-05-26.
^ "Provincia unica di Romagna, il capoluogo sarebbe Forlì" [Single province of Romagna: The capital would be Forlì]. RiminiToday (in Italian). 22 July 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
^ "Storia" [History]. Baia Imperiale (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-02-02.
^ Ötigheim website
^ Infos at ilotsacre.be/
^ Eguisheim website