Carrara is a town and comune in Tuscany, in central Italy, in the province of Massa and Carrara, notable for the white or blue-grey marble quarried there. It sits on the Carrione River, about 100 kilometers west-northwest of Florence, and its motto, the Latin Fortitudo mea in rota, refers to the marble shipping industry dating from Roman times.
Facts
Area (sq km) Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude44.083333 degrees north 2 Sources
1. Carrara (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox: population_total
62923
- In Group: Cities of Southern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source 2. Carrara (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 44.083333, longitude 10.1
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 100 m
P2046 (area)
area 71.01 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population (2016)
View the SourceWikidata: Carrara
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