San Biagio della Cima

Comune in Liguria, Italy

Location of San Biagio della Cima

43°49′N 7°39′E / 43.817°N 7.650°E / 43.817; 7.650CountryItalyRegionLiguriaProvinceImperia (IM)Government

• MayorLuciano BiancheriArea

^[1]

• Total4.6 km² (1.8 sq mi)Elevation

100 m (300 ft)Population

(31 December 2015)^[2]

• Total1,329 • Density290/km² (750/sq mi)DemonymSanbiaginiTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

18030

Dialing code0184WebsiteOfficial website

San Biagio della Cima (Ligurian: San Giaixu^[3]) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about 120 kilometres (75 mi) southwest of Genoa and about 30 kilometres (19 mi) west of Imperia.

San Biagio della Cima borders the following municipalities: Camporosso, Dolceacqua, Perinaldo, Soldano, Vallebona, and Vallecrosia.

History

On 21 April 1686, the representants of eight villages, Camporosso, Vallebona, Vallecrosia, San Biagio della Cima, Sasso, Soldano, Borghetto San Nicolò and Bordighera had a meeting in order to build what they called "Magnifica Comunità degli Otto Luoghi", which can be translated as: "The magnificent community of the eight villages". Their goal was to gain independence from the nearby rival city of Ventimiglia.^[4]

Twin towns — sister cities

San Biagio della Cima is twinned with:

Camps-la-Source, France (2005)

References

^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
^ Frisoni, Gaetano [in Italian] (1910). Dizionario Genovese-Italiano e Italiano-Genovese (in Italian). Genova: Nuova Editrice Genovese.
^ Gandolfo, Andrea (2005). La provincia di Imperia: storia, arti, tradizioni. Vol. 1. Blu edizioni.