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Loano

Administrative division in Liguria, Italy

Comune in Liguria, Italy

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Coat of arms

Location of Loano

44°7′N 8°15′E / 44.117°N 8.250°E / 44.117; 8.250CountryItalyRegionLiguriaProvinceSavona (SV)FrazioniVerziGovernment

• MayorLuigi PignoccaArea

^[1]

• Total13.5 km² (5.2 sq mi)Elevation

5 m (16 ft)Population

(30 September 2017)^[2]

• Total11,319 • Density840/km² (2,200/sq mi)DemonymLoanesiTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

17025

Dialing code019WebsiteOfficial website

Loano (Ligurian: Leua) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) southwest of Genoa and about 30 kilometres (19 mi) southwest of Savona.

Loano borders the following municipalities: Bardineto, Boissano, Borghetto Santo Spirito, and Pietra Ligure.

History

Loano has pre-Roman origins (prehistoric finds at the San Damiano hill and pre-Roman at the current old city are recent), during the Roman era the villas was built in this territory; a Roman mosaic of the imperial age is visible on the main floor of Palazzo Doria.

In the 8th century, thanks to a Carolingian donation, the territory called Lovenis (corresponding to the first Loanese toponym) was donated to the Benedictine monastery of San Pietro in Varatella (Toirano) who founded the church-sanctuary of Nostra Signora di Loreto near the port.

Twin towns

Francheville, France, since 1998^[3]

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 and local register office.
^ Gemellaggio con Francheville (Lione) (in Italian)