Ronco Scrivia | |
Official Name: | Comune di Ronco Scrivia |
Coordinates: | 44.6167°N 65°W |
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 |
Mayor: | Rosa Olivieri |
Area Total Km2: | 30.5 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 4417 |
Population As Of: | 31 December 2015 |
Population Demonym: | Ronchesi |
Elevation M: | 334 |
Postal Code: | 16019 |
Area Code: | 010 |
thumb|240px|Tower of the Castle of Borgo Fornari.Ronco Scrivia is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located about 20km (10miles) north of Genoa.
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 the bishops of Tortona until the 13th century, and then by the Spinola family and later by the Republic of Genoa. Together with the whole Republic of Genoa, Ronco became part of the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1815.
Being a major railroad junction point between Genoa and Turin, it was heavily bombed by Allied planes during the late World War II.