Sassa
Sassa is a frazione in the Province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy. After the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake, it has a population of about 2500 inhabitants considering small villages around this frazione.
The frazione of Sassa is composed by twelve villages: Brecciasecca, Colle di Sassa, Collefracido, Collemare, Foce di Sassa, Genzano di Sassa, Pagliare di Sassa, Palombaia di Sassa, Poggio Santa Maria, San Martino, Sassa e Sassa Scalo.
As mentioned, the territory has a dozen villages which until 1927, formed the independent town of Sassa. Sassa tries often consider the whole territory and villas that compose it; with Sassa is therefore aimed at the following centers:
Village | Elevation | Population | Note |
Brecciasecca | - | - | - |
Colle di Sassa | 750 | 224 | |
Collefracido | 775 | 121 | |
Collemare | - | - | - |
Foce di Sassa | 800 | 240 | |
Genzano di Sassa | 685 | 456 | |
Pagliare di Sassa | 682 | 230 | |
Palombaia di Sassa | 670 | 183 | |
Poggio Santa Maria | 858 | 282 | |
San Martino | - | - | - |
Sassa | 675 | 607 | |
Sassa Scalo | 664 | 210 | |
Transport
Sassa has a station on the Terni–Sulmona railway, with trains to Terni, Rieti and L'Aquila.