Country Italy Province L'Aquila (AQ) Elevation 2,215 ft (675 m) | Region Abruzzo Commune L'Aquila Time zone CET (UTC+1) | |
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Sassa is a frazione in the Province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy. After the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake, it has a population of about 2500 inhabitants considering small villages around this frazione.
The frazione of Sassa is composed by twelve villages: Brecciasecca, Colle di Sassa, Collefracido, Collemare, Foce di Sassa, Genzano di Sassa, Pagliare di Sassa, Palombaia di Sassa, Poggio Santa Maria, San Martino, Sassa e Sassa Scalo.
As mentioned, the territory has a dozen villages which until 1927, formed the independent town of Sassa. Sassa tries often consider the whole territory and villas that compose it; with Sassa is therefore aimed at the following centers:
Transport
Sassa has a station on the Terni–Sulmona railway, with trains to Terni, Rieti and L'Aquila.