Carrara
Italian comune
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Summary
Carrara is a comune of Italy[1]. Carrara ranks in the top 1% of comune of italy entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,759 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Creative Cities Network[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Province of Massa-Carrara[4]
- Country: Italy[5]
- Instance of: city[6]
- Capital: Carrara[7], Collegio elettorale di Carrara (Regno di Sardegna)[8]
- Shares border with: Fivizzano[9], Fosdinovo[10], Massa[11], Castelnuovo Magra[12], Luni[13], Sarzana[14]
- Twinned administrative body: Yerevan[15], Ingolstadt[16], Grasse[17], Rønne[18], Opole[19], Novelda[20], Asunción[21], Bray[22], Kragujevac[23]
- Postal code: 54033[24]
- Commons category: Carrara[25]
- Licence plate code: MS[26]
- Patron saint: Ceccardus of Luni[27]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[28], Central European Time[29], UTC+02:00[30]
- Local dialing code: 0585[31]
- Official website: https://www.comune.carrara.ms.it/[32]
- Topic's main category: Category:Carrara[33]
- Commons gallery: Carrara[34]
- Population: 62,923[35], 62,537[36], 62,737[37], 59,905[38]
- Office held by head of government: mayor of Carrara[39]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[40], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[41], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[42]
- Capital of: Signoria di Carrara[43]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Carrara[44]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Carrara[45]
- Demonym: carraresi[46]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Carrara[47]
- Elevation above sea level: 100 m[48]
Body
Physical Characteristics
Carrara covers an area of 71.01 km²[49].
Cultural Significance
Things named for Carrara include Carrara-Avenza railway halt[50], a railway station[51], in Italy[52].
Why It Matters
Carrara has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] Carrara is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]
Entities named for Carrara include Carrara-Avenza railway halt[50], a railway station[51], in Italy[52].