Pontedera

Pontedera
—  Comune  —
Città di Pontedera
"Napoleonic" Bridge in Pontedera.
Coat of arms
Pontedera Location of Pontedera in Italy
Coordinates: 43°39′45″N 10°37′58″E / 43.6625°N 10.63278°E / 43.6625; 10.63278Coordinates: 43°39′45″N 10°37′58″E / 43.6625°N 10.63278°E / 43.6625; 10.63278
Country	Italy
Region	Tuscany
Province	Pisa (PI)
Frazioni	Gello, I Fabbri, Il Chiesino, Il Romito, I Pardossi, La Borra, La Rotta, Montecastello, Pietroconti, Santa Lucia, Treggiaia
Government
• Mayor	Simone Millozzi (PD), (since June 2009)
Area
• Total	45.89 km2 (17.7 sq mi)
Elevation	14 m (46 ft)
Population (2008)
• Total	27,808
• Density	606/km2 (1,569.5/sq mi)
Demonym	Pontederesi
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	56025
Dialing code	0587
Patron saint	San Faustino
Saint day	October 10
Website	Official website

Pontedera is an Italian industrial town in Tuscany, Italy, in the administrative province of Pisa. It is the headquarters of the Piaggio company, which in the 1930s was a major aircraft manufacturer and which now manufactures motor vehicles such as the Vespa and the Ape. It has also been the headquarters of the wine company Castellani Spa since it was founded in 1903 and the chocolate factory Amedei.

Pontedera is in the Arno valley at the confluence of the Era River and the Arno River. It is across by Scolmatore channel and by Roglio, Era's tributary. It has a small lake in Pietroconti called Braccini lake.

On 11 June 1554, Pontedera was the scene of a pyrrhic victory in the last effort by the Republic of Siena to retain its independence. Piero Strozzi, commanding the Siense forces, won at Pontedera but this only led to his decisive defeat two months later at the Battle of Marciano and the end of the Senese independence.

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