Location: Massarosa in Italy
Nearest Airport:
Pisa at 20
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Nearest Ferry:
Livorno at 30
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Nearest Train:
Viareggio at 4
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Nearest Motorway:
A11 at 1
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Nearest Beach:
beach at 4.0
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Car: recommended
Massarosa is located in the zone between the Alps and the Versilia coast. The local economy is based mainly on industrial activities of the many shoe factories that are in the area. The name of the village was first mentioned in an official document of the 932 as the 'mass Grauso' and then by 1260, with 'mass Grosa. Its name derives from the compound of 'mass' and the name of German origin 'Grauso. Massarosa has 20,036 inhabitants (Massarosesi) and an area of 68.59 square kilometers a population density of 292.11 people per square kilometer. It rises 10 meters above the sea level. The territory of the municipality resulting from 3 to 467 meters above sea level.