Carasco

Carasco
Country	Italy
region	Liguria
Metropolitan city	Genoa (GE)
Coordinates	44 ° 21 ' N , 9 ° 21' E Coordinates: 44 ° 21 '0 " N , 9 ° 21' 0" E
height	32 m slm
surface	8.6 km²
Residents	3,743 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	435 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	16042
prefix	0185
ISTAT number	010010
Popular name	Caraschini
Patron saint	Madonna delle Ciliegie

Carasco ( Ligurian Karàscu , Kaàscu or Carasco ) is an Italian municipality in the metropolitan city of Genoa with 3743 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

geography

The location of the municipality is conventionally indicated with the lower section of the Fontanabuona valley . However, the territory of Carasco mainly includes the valley crossing of the Valle Sturla and Val Graveglia . Together with 16 other municipalities, Carasco forms the Comunità Montana Fontanabuona .

Carasco is traversed by the three rivers Lavagna , Sturla and Graveglia , the first two of which form the Entella river , which flows into the Ligurian Sea between the coastal towns of Lavagna and Chiavari .

The toponym of the community goes back to the words car (German: head, boss, main) and asco (German: watercourse) and describes the geographical location of the first settlement from which Carasco was to emerge.

swell

↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.

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[1] Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.