Vado Ligure | |
Official Name: | Comune di Vado Ligure |
Coordinates: | 44.2667°N 34°W |
Province: | (SV) |
Frazioni: | Porto Vado, Segno, Sant'Ermete, San Genesio, Bossarino, Valle di Vado |
Mayor: | Fabio Gilardi |
Area Total Km2: | 23.79 |
Population Total: | 8170 |
Population As Of: | 31 December 2011 |
Population Demonym: | Vadesi |
Elevation M: | 12 |
Saint: | St. John the Baptist |
Day: | 24 June |
Postal Code: | 17047 |
Area Code: | 019 |
Vado Ligure (lij|Voæ), in antiquity Vada Sabatia, is a port town and comune in the province of Savona, Liguria, in northern Italy. The town despite its size has become one of the largest ports in north west Italy
Vado has a large industrial and commercial port.
Vado Ligure is home to a railway construction plant, founded in 1905 as Società Italiana Westinghouse. In 1919 it was taken over by Tecnomasio Italia Brown Boveri and, since 2001, it has been part of Bombardier Transportation. It currently produces the FS Class E.464 locomotives.
The town's territory also includes an electric power plant, whose two towers, 200m (700feet) high, are visible for kilometres in the neighbourhood.