Castellina Marittima is a ''
comune
A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...
'' (municipality) in the
province of Pisa
The province of Pisa () is a province in the Tuscany region of 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 fifth largest province of Tuscany. It is subdivided i ...
in the
Italian
Italian(s) may refer to:
* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance languag ...
region
Tuscany
Tuscany ( ; ) is a Regions of Italy, region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of 3,660,834 inhabitants as of 2025. The capital city is Florence.
Tuscany is known for its landscapes, history, artistic legacy, and its in ...
, located about southwest of
Florence
Florence ( ; ) is the capital city of the Italy, Italian region of Tuscany. It is also the most populated city in Tuscany, with 362,353 inhabitants, and 989,460 in Metropolitan City of Florence, its metropolitan province as of 2025.
Florence ...
and about southeast of
Pisa
Pisa ( ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) 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 the Leaning Tow ...
.
Geography
The territory of Castellina Marittima borders the following municipalities:
Cecina
Cecina may refer to
* Cecina (river), a river in Tuscany, Italy
* Cecina (meat), a Spanish and Mexican culinary specialty made of beef
* ''Cecina'' (gastropod), a genus of freshwater snails in the family Pomatiopsidae
* Cecina, Tuscany, Italy
* C ...
,
Chianni,
Riparbella,
Rosignano Marittimo
Rosignano Marittimo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Livorno in the Italian region Tuscany, located about southwest of Florence and about southeast of Livorno.
Geography
Rosignano Marittimo borders the following municipalitie ...
,
Santa Luce.
For centuries Castellina has been an important source for
alabaster
Alabaster is a mineral and a soft Rock (geology), rock used for carvings and as a source of plaster powder. Archaeologists, geologists, and the stone industry have different definitions for the word ''alabaster''. In archaeology, the term ''alab ...
.
Population
Colors=
id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9)
id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8)
id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1)
id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8)
ImageSize = width:455 height:303
PlotArea = left:50 bottom:50 top:30 right:30
DateFormat = x.y
Period = from:0 till:4000
TimeAxis = orientation:vertical
AlignBars = justify
ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:1000 start:0
ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:200 start:0
BackgroundColors = canvas:sfondo
BarData=
bar:1861 text:1861
bar:1871 text:1871
bar:1881 text:1881
bar:1901 text:1901
bar:1911 text:1911
bar:1921 text:1921
bar:1931 text:1931
bar:1936 text:1936
bar:1951 text:1951
bar:1961 text:1961
bar:1971 text:1971
bar:1981 text:1981
bar:1991 text:1991
bar:2001 text:2001
PlotData=
color:barra width:20 align:left
bar:1861 from: 0 till:1774
bar:1871 from: 0 till:2102
bar:1881 from: 0 till:2347
bar:1901 from: 0 till:2520
bar:1911 from: 0 till:2763
bar:1921 from: 0 till:2772
bar:1931 from: 0 till:3132
bar:1936 from: 0 till:2908
bar:1951 from: 0 till:2551
bar:1961 from: 0 till:2157
bar:1971 from: 0 till:1864
bar:1981 from: 0 till:1824
bar:1991 from: 0 till:1816
bar:2001 from: 0 till:1817
PlotData=
bar:1861 at:1774 fontsize:XS text: 1774 shift:(-8,5)
bar:1871 at:2102 fontsize:XS text: 2102 shift:(-8,5)
bar:1881 at:2347 fontsize:XS text: 2347 shift:(-8,5)
bar:1901 at:2520 fontsize:XS text: 2520 shift:(-8,5)
bar:1911 at:2763 fontsize:XS text: 2763 shift:(-8,5)
bar:1921 at:2772 fontsize:XS text: 2772 shift:(-8,5)
bar:1931 at:3132 fontsize:XS text: 3132 shift:(-8,5)
bar:1936 at:2908 fontsize:XS text: 2908 shift:(-8,5)
bar:1951 at:2551 fontsize:XS text: 2551 shift:(-8,5)
bar:1961 at:2157 fontsize:XS text: 2157 shift:(-8,5)
bar:1971 at:1864 fontsize:XS text: 1864 shift:(-8,5)
bar:1981 at:1824 fontsize:XS text: 1824 shift:(-8,5)
bar:1991 at:1816 fontsize:XS text: 1816 shift:(-8,5)
bar:2001 at:1817 fontsize:XS text: 1817 shift:(-8,5)
TextData=
fontsize:S pos:(20,20)
text:Data from ISTAT
References
External links
Official website
Cities and towns in Tuscany
Alabaster
{{Pisa-geo-stub