Tortona
municipality in Italy
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Summary
Tortona is a comune of Italy[1]. Tortona ranks in the top 3% of comune of italy entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,387 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: The most beautiful villages in Italy[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Province of Alessandria[4]
- Country: Italy[5]
- Capital: Tortona[6]
- Shares border with: Bosco Marengo[7], Carbonara Scrivia[8], Castelnuovo Scrivia[9], Pontecurone[10], Pozzolo Formigaro[11], Sale[12], Sarezzano[13], Viguzzolo[14], Villalvernia[15], Villaromagnano[16], Berzano di Tortona[17], Alessandria[18], Carezzano[19], Paderna[20]
- Twinned administrative body: Privas[21], Weilburg[22], Zevenaar[23], Jiangyin[24], Sanremo[25]
- Postal code: 15057[26]
- Commons category: Tortona[27]
- Licence plate code: AL[28]
- Patron saint: Marcian of Tortona[29]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[30], UTC+02:00[31]
- Local dialing code: 0131[32]
- Significant event: Siege of Tortona[33]
- Official website: https://www.comune.tortona.al.it/[34]
- Topic's main category: Category:Tortona[35]
- Commons gallery: Tortona[36]
- Population: 27,163[37], 27,440[38], 27,299[39], 26,432[40]
- Office held by head of government: mayor of Tortona[41]
- Described by source: Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[42], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[43]
- Capital of: République partisane de l'Alto Tortonese[44]
- Official name: Tortona[45]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Tortona[46]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Tortona[47]
- Native label: Tortona[48]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Tortona[49]
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Physical Characteristics
Areas include 99 km²[50] and 98.87 km²[51]. Tortona sits at an elevation of 122 m[52].
Cultural Significance
Things named for Tortona include Tortonian[53], an age[54].
Why It Matters
Tortona has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] Tortona is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]
Entities named for Tortona include Tortonian[53], an age[54].