Calcinaia

Calcinaia
Calcinaia
	Comune
Comune di Calcinaia
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Country	Italy
Region	Tuscany
Province / Metropolitan city	Pisa (PI)
Frazioni	Fornacette
Government
• Mayor	Marta Perini
Area
• Total	15.0 km2 (5.8 sq mi)
Elevation	16 m (52 ft)
Population (31 December 2008)
• Total	11,039
• Density	740/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Calcinaioli
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	56030
Dialing code	0587
Website	Official website

Calcinaia (Latin: Vicus Vitri) is a comune (municipality) and town in the province of Pisa in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 50 kilometres (31 mi) west of Florence and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of Pisa.

Calcinaia borders the following municipalities: Bientina, Cascina, Pontedera, Santa Maria a Monte, Vicopisano.

History

Calcinaia was founded before the year 1000 on the right bank of the Arno River as Vico Vitri, the current name being attested from 1193. At the time it was a fief of the counts of Fucecchio, later replaced by the Upezzinghi Ghibelline family of Pisa.

Contended for centuries by the Republics of Pisa and Lucca, it was later conquered by Florence in the 15th century. In 1555 Grand Duke Cosimo I de' Medici had hydraulic works built here to regulate the floods of the Arno, a move which boosted agriculture in the area.