Potassa, Gavorrano
Potassa | |
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 The Gavorrano railway station in Potassa | |
  Potassa Location of Potassa in Italy | |
| Coordinates: 42°56′55″N 10°55′39″E / 42.94861°N 10.92750°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region |  Tuscany |
| Province | Grosseto (GR) |
| Comune | Gavorrano |
| Elevation | 70 m (230 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 208 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Potassa is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Gavorrano, province of Grosseto. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 160.[1]
Geography
[edit]Potassa is about 30 km from Grosseto and 7 km from Gavorrano, and it is situated in a plain at the foot of the hills of Monte Calvo and Poggio Moscatello, down the ravine Sovata.
History
[edit]Potassa was born in the 19th century as an industrial centre related to the mines of Gavorrano. Its name comes from potassium carbonate (potassa in Italian).[2]
Transportation
[edit]The village is positioned along the Via Aurelia highway and easily reached from the Tirrenica railway line thanks to its own station, as the main railway station of the comune — for this reason, Potassa is also known as Gavorrano Scalo ("scalo" means "station").
References
[edit]- ^ (in Italian) Popolazione residente - Grosseto (dettaglio loc. abitate) - Censimento 2001, Istat.
- ^ Alberto Prunetti, Potassa, Viterbo, Stampa Alternativa, 2004.
