Sasso Pisano is a village in
Tuscany, central
Italy, administratively a
frazione of the
comune of
Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina,
province of Pisa
The province of Pisa ( it, provincia di Pisa) is a Provinces of Italy, province in the Tuscany region of central Italy. Its capital is the city of Pisa. With an area of and a total population of 421,642 (), it is the second most populous and fif ...
. At the time of the 2001 census its population was 213.
[Popolazione residente - Pisa (dettaglio loc. abitate) - Censimento 2001]
Istat.
Sasso Pisano is about 102 km from
Pisa
Pisa ( , or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, central Italy, straddling the Arno just before it empties into the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa. Although Pisa is known worldwide for its leaning tower, the cit ...
and 9 km from Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina.
The mineral
sassolite was named after Sasso Pisano. It was found in
lagoons throughout
Tuscany and Sasso
[Webmineral.com]
/ref> and was the main source of European borax from 1827 to 1872, when American sources replaced it.
References
Frazioni of the Province of Pisa
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