| Stazzema | |
| Official Name: | Comune di Stazzema |
| Coordinates: | 44°N 29°W |
| Region: | Tuscany |
| Province: | Lucca (LU) |
| Frazioni: | Arni, Cardoso, Farnocchia, Gallena, La Culla, Levigliani, Mulina, Palagnana, Pomezzana, Pontestazzemese,[1] Pruno, Retignano, Ruosina, Sant'Anna, Stazzema, Terrinca, Volegno |
| Mayor: | Maurizio Verona |
| Area Total Km2: | 82.08 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 3083 |
| Population As Of: | 1-1-2018 |
| Population Demonym: | Stazzemese(i) |
| Elevation M: | 453 |
| Saint: | St. Antony of Padua |
| Day: | 13 June |
| Postal Code: | 55040 |
| Area Code: | 0584 |
Stazzema is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Lucca in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 80km (50miles) northwest of Florence and about 25km (16miles) northwest of Lucca.
See also: Sant'Anna di Stazzema massacre. During World War II, the village of Sant'Anna di Stazzema was the site of a massacre of civil population by German SS soldiers and the Italian Black Brigades (12 August 1944). A total of 560 people were killed, among them 100 children, one of them only 20 days old. The city received the Gold Medal for Military Valour after the war.
Stazzema borders the following municipalities: Camaiore, Careggine, Massa, Molazzana, Pescaglia, Pietrasanta, Seravezza, Vagli Sotto, Vergemoli.
Stazzema is composed of 17 hamlets (frazioni):
Arni, Cardoso, Farnocchia, Gallena, La Culla, Levigliani, Mulina, Palagnana, Pomezzana, Pontestazzemese, Pruno, Retignano, Ruosina, Sant'Anna, Stazzema, Terrinca, and Volegno.[3] Despite municipal name, the town hall is not located in Stazzema, but in the nearby hamlet of Pontestazzemese.[1]