Sasso Pisano | |
Coordinates: | 43.1672°N 10.8642°W |
Province: | Pisa (PI) |
Comune: | Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina |
Elevation M: | 487 |
Population Total: | 203 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Gentilic: | Sasserini |
Postal Code: | 56041 |
Area Code: | (+39) 0588 |
Sasso Pisano is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina, province of Pisa. At the time of the 2001 census its population was 213.[1]
Sasso Pisano is about 102 km from Pisa and 9 km from Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina.
The mineral sassolite was named after Sasso Pisano. It was found in lagoons throughout Tuscany and Sasso[2] and was the main source of European borax from 1827 to 1872, when American sources replaced it.[3] [4]