Bonassola
{{Infobox Italian comune
| name = Bonassola
| official_name = Comune di Bonassola
| native_name = {{native name|lij|Bonasseua}}
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| image_caption = Bonassola, the beach, town and a railway tunnel
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| coordinates = {{coord|44|11|N|9|35|E|type:city(945)_region:IT|display=inline,title}}
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| region = Liguria
| province = Province of La Spezia (SP)
| frazioni = Montaretto, Costella, Poggio, Serra, Scernio, San Giorgio
| mayor_party =
| mayor = Andrea Poletti
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 9.3
| population_footnotes =
| population_total = 945
| population_as_of = Dec. 2004
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| population_demonym = Bonassolesi
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 5
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| saint = S.Caterina da Alessandria
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| postal_code = 19011
| area_code = 0187
| website = {{official website|http://www.comune.bonassola.sp.it/}}
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Bonassola ({{langx|lij|Bonasseua}} {{IPA|lij|bunaˈsøːa|}}){{cite book|title=Dizionario Genovese-Italiano e Italiano-Genovese|place=Genoa|last=Frisoni|first=Gaetano|authorlink=:it:Gaetano Frisoni|year=1910|publisher=Nuova Editrice Genovese|language=it}} is a comune (municipality) in the Province of La Spezia in the Italian region Liguria, located about {{convert|60|km|mi}} southeast of Genoa and about {{convert|20|km|mi}} northwest of La Spezia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 945 and an area of {{convert|9.3|km2|mi2}}.All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
The municipality of Bonassola contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Montaretto, Costella, Serra, Scernio, and San Giorgio.
Bonassola borders the following municipalities: Framura, Levanto.
History
During World War II, two American fifteen men missions tried to land and blow up a railway tunnel between Framura and Bonassola. Both missions failed; the second mission's soldiers were executed and buried in a mass grave by the German Army.[http://www.wwiihistorymagazine.com/2005/sep/col-topsecret.html OSS Operation Ginny met with a tragic end during the Italian Campaign] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090420024425/http://wwiihistorymagazine.com/2005/sep/col-topsecret.html |date=2009-04-20 }}, WWII History Magazine, Sept 2005, Don Smart, accessed 2 August 2013
Demographic evolution
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See also
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Bonassola}}
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- [http://www.comune.bonassola.sp.it/ www.comune.bonassola.sp.it/]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070325060421/http://bonassola.altervista.org/ Bonassola]
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