Ronco Scrivia | |
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| Comune di Ronco Scrivia | |
 Ronco Scrivia | |
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| Coordinates:44°37′N8°57′E / 44.617°N 8.950°E /44.617; 8.950 | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Liguria |
| Metropolitan city | Genoa (GE) |
| Frazioni | Banchetta, Borgo Fornari, Cascine, Chiappari, Cipollina, Costa Lazzari, Curlo, Giacoboni, Isolabuona, Malvasi, Minceto, Panigasse, Pietrafraccia, Porale, Tana d'Orso, Vallecalda |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Rosa Olivieri |
| Area | |
• Total | 30.5 km2 (11.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 334 m (1,096 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2015)[2] | |
• Total | 4,417 |
| • Density | 145/km2 (375/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Ronchesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 16019 |
| Dialing code | 010 |
| Website | Official website |
Ronco Scrivia (Ligurian:Ronco) is acomune (municipality) in theMetropolitan City of Genoa in theItalian regionLiguria, located about 20 kilometres (12 mi) north ofGenoa.
Ronco Scrivia borders the following municipalities:Busalla,Fraconalto,Isola del Cantone,Voltaggio.
Ronco is mentioned for the first time in an 1127 document. It was held by thebishops of Tortona until the 13th century, and then by theSpinola family and later by theRepublic of Genoa. Together with the whole Republic of Genoa, Ronco became part of theKingdom of Sardinia in 1815.
Being a major railroad junction point betweenGenoa andTurin, it was heavily bombed by Allied planes during the lateWorld War II.
