Vado Ligure

Comune in Liguria, Italy

Coat of arms

Location of Vado Ligure

44°16′N 8°26′E / 44.267°N 8.433°E / 44.267; 8.433CountryItalyRegionLiguriaProvinceProvince of Savona (SV)FrazioniPorto Vado, Segno, Sant'Ermete, San Genesio, Bossarino, Valle di VadoGovernment

• MayorMonica GiulianoArea

^[1]

• Total23.79 km² (9.19 sq mi)Elevation

12 m (39 ft)Population

(31 December 2011)^[2]

• Total8,170 • Density340/km² (890/sq mi)DemonymVadesiTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

17047

Dialing code019Patron saintSt. John the BaptistSaint day24 JuneWebsiteOfficial website

Vado Ligure (Ligurian: Voæ), in antiquity Vada Sabatia, is a town and comune in the province of Savona, Liguria, in northern Italy.

Economy

Vado has a large industrial and commercial port.

Vado Ligure is home to a railway construction plant, founded in 1905 as Società Italiana Westinghouse. In 1919 it was taken over by Tecnomasio Italia Brown Boveri and, since 2001, it has been part of Bombardier Transportation. It currently produces the FS Class E.464 locomotives.

The town's territory also includes an electric power plant, whose two towers, 200 metres (660 ft) high, are visible for kilometers in the neighbourhood.

Twin towns

La Ravoire, France, since 2002^[3]

References

^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ "Vado Ligure in festa per i 15 anni del gemellaggio internazionale - IVG.it". 28 September 2018.