Pomarance

Comune in Tuscany, Italy

43°17′N 10°52′E / 43.283°N 10.867°E / 43.283; 10.867CountryItalyRegionTuscanyProvincePisa (PI)FrazioniLarderello, Libbiano, Lustignano, Micciano, Montecerboli, Montegemoli, San Dalmazio, SerrazzanoGovernment • MayorIlaria BacciArea • Total227.71 km² (87.92 sq mi)Elevation370 m (1,210 ft)Population • Total5,855 • Density26/km² (67/sq mi)DemonymPomaranciniTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal codeDialing code0588Patron saintSan VittoreWebsiteOfficial website

Pomarance is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pisa in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) southwest of Florence and about 60 km southeast of Pisa.

Pomarance borders the following municipalities: Casole d'Elsa, Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina, Montecatini Val di Cecina, Monterotondo Marittimo, Monteverdi Marittimo, Radicondoli, Volterra.

Pomarance was the hometown of three painters called Pomarancio after it.

From 1968 to 1992 there was at San Dalmazio the static inverter plant of HVDC Italy–Corsica–Sardinia. Today, there is a solar park.

Among the sights in the town are:

• Casa Bicocchi: palace of a local aristocratic family, acquired by the commune and now serving as a civic museum. The interior and frescoed rooms decorated mainly from the 19th-century.

See also

• San Dalmazio, Pomarance

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