Celle Ligure

Celle Ligure (Ligurian: Çelle) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about 30 kilometres (19 miles) west of Genoa and about 8 kilometres (5 miles) northeast of Savona.

Celle Ligure
Comune
Comune di Celle Ligure
Celle Ligure
Flag Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 44°21′N 8°33′E
Country	Italy
Region	Liguria
Province	Savona (SV)
Government
• Mayor	Caterina Mordeglia[1]
Area [2]
• Total	9.6 km2 (3.7 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2011)[3]
• Total	5,342
• Density	560/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Demonym	Cellesi or Cellaschi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	17015
Dialing code	019
Website	www.comune.celle.sv.it

It borders the comuni of: Albisola Superiore, Stella, and Varazze. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").^[4]

Main sights

• Parish church of San Michele Arcangelo (1645). It houses a polyptych by Perin del Vaga from 1535
• Pseudo-Romanesque church of Nostra Signora della Consolazione (18th century)
• Bregalla Tower (11th through 16th centuries)

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Italy

Celle Ligure is twinned with:

• Celle, Germany^[5]

People

Francesco della Rovere, later Pope Sixtus IV, was born in Celle in 1414.