Potassa, Gavorrano

Potassa
The Gavorrano railway station in Potassa
The Gavorrano railway station in Potassa
Potassa is located in Italy
Potassa
Potassa
Location of Potassa in Italy
Coordinates: 42°56′55″N 10°55′39″E / 42.94861°N 10.92750°E / 42.94861; 10.92750
CountryItaly
Region Tuscany
ProvinceGrosseto (GR)
ComuneGavorrano
Elevation
70 m (230 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total208
Time zoneUTC+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

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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

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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

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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").

See also

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References

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  1. ^ (in Italian) Popolazione residente - Grosseto (dettaglio loc. abitate) - Censimento 2001, Istat.
  2. ^ Alberto Prunetti, Potassa, Viterbo, Stampa Alternativa, 2004.