| Loano | |
| Official Name: | Comune di Loano |
| Coordinates: | 44.1167°N 23°W |
| Region: | Liguria |
| Province: | Savona (SV) |
| Frazioni: | Verzi |
| Mayor: | Luigi Pignocca |
| Area Total Km2: | 13.5 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 11319 |
| Population As Of: | 30 September 2017 |
| Population Demonym: | Loanesi |
| Elevation M: | 5 |
| Postal Code: | 17025 |
| Area Code: | 019 |
Loano (Leua) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about 60km (40miles) southwest of Genoa and about 30km (20miles) southwest of Savona.
Loano borders the following municipalities: Bardineto, Boissano, Borghetto Santo Spirito, and Pietra Ligure.
Loano has pre-Roman origins (prehistoric finds at the San Damiano hill and pre-Roman at the current old city are recent), during the Roman era the villas was built in this territory; a Roman mosaic of the imperial age is visible on the main floor of Palazzo Doria.
In the 8th century, thanks to a Carolingian donation, the territory called Lovenis (corresponding to the first Loanese toponym) was donated to the Benedictine monastery of San Pietro in Varatella (Toirano) who founded the church-sanctuary of Nostra Signora di Loreto near the port.
Francheville, France, since 1998[2]