# Pizzo

> Italian comune in province of Vibo Valentia

**Wikidata**: [Q54727](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54727)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizzo,_Calabria)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/pizzo

## Summary
Pizzo is an Italian comune (municipality) in the province of Vibo Valentia. It is identified on Wikidata as "Italian comune in province of Vibo Valentia" and is commonly titled on Wikipedia as "Pizzo, Calabria."

## Key Facts
- Classification: Pizzo is an Italian comune (municipality).  
- Administrative province: Pizzo is located in the province of Vibo Valentia, a province of Italy.  
- Country: Pizzo is in Italy, a country in southern Europe.  
- Wikidata description: "Italian comune in province of Vibo Valentia."  
- Wikipedia title: "Pizzo, Calabria."  
- Aliases: Pizzo; Calabria.  
- Official municipal website: https://www.comune.pizzo.vv.it.  
- Coordinates: latitude 38.733333333333, longitude 16.166666666667.  
- Population (available records): 9,298.0; 9,329.0; 8,766.0 (three population values present in source).  
- Sitelink count (Wikidata): 60.  
- Related railway station: Vibo Valentia‑Pizzo railway station (inception date recorded as 1972-01-01; station is in Italy).  
- Related administrative concept: "comune of Italy" (municipal divisions of Italy; country Q38 and ; sitelink_count: 60).  
- Province sitelink count: The province of Vibo Valentia has a sitelink_count of 81 on Wikidata.  
- Country sitelink count: Italy has a sitelink_count of 404 on Wikidata.  
- SEO data: No SEO data available yet for Pizzo (as provided).

## FAQs
Q: What is Pizzo?  
A: Pizzo is a comune (municipality) in Italy, administratively located within the province of Vibo Valentia and referenced on Wikipedia under the title "Pizzo, Calabria."

Q: Where is Pizzo located geographically?  
A: Pizzo’s coordinates are latitude 38.733333333333 and longitude 16.166666666667; it is administratively part of the province of Vibo Valentia in Italy.

Q: What official web presence does Pizzo have?  
A: The official municipal website for Pizzo is https://www.comune.pizzo.vv.it.

Q: How many people live in Pizzo?  
A: Source records list three population figures for Pizzo: 9,298.0; 9,329.0; and 8,766.0. The source does not attach years to these figures in the provided data.

Q: Is there rail service associated with Pizzo?  
A: Yes. The related station is the Vibo Valentia‑Pizzo railway station, with an inception date recorded as 1972-01-01 and located in Italy.

Q: How is Pizzo represented in structured data sources?  
A: Pizzo appears on Wikidata with a sitelink_count of 60, the Wikidata description "Italian comune in province of Vibo Valentia," and the Wikipedia article title "Pizzo, Calabria."

## Why It Matters
Pizzo matters as a defined local government entity within Italy’s administrative system. As a comune, it functions as the primary local authority for residents in its territory and serves as an identifiable unit in national and international structured data sources (Wikidata, Wikipedia). Its presence on public records—coordinates, multiple population entries, a municipal website, and a linked railway station—makes Pizzo a locatable, citable place for demographic, geographic, administrative and transport information. For anyone researching municipal governance, regional planning in the province of Vibo Valentia, or compiling location-based datasets for Calabria and Italy, Pizzo provides verifiable, machine-readable identifiers and links that integrate into larger country-level data (Italy) and provincial-level data (Vibo Valentia).

## Notable For
- Being an officially recognized Italian comune with a Wikidata description explicitly stating its status: "Italian comune in province of Vibo Valentia."  
- Having a dedicated municipal website: https://www.comune.pizzo.vv.it.  
- Carrying the Wikipedia title "Pizzo, Calabria" and the alias forms "Pizzo" and "Calabria."  
- Appearing in structured-data networks with a sitelink_count of 60 on Wikidata, indicating multilingual or multi-source linkage.  
- Having an associated railway station, Vibo Valentia‑Pizzo, with a recorded inception date of 1972-01-01, establishing a documented transport connection.  
- Being located at precise geocoordinates: 38.733333333333 N, 16.166666666667 E.  
- Source-provided multiple population records (9,298.0; 9,329.0; 8,766.0), which indicate available demographic data points in public datasets.

## Body

### Overview
Pizzo is an administrative municipality (comune) in Italy. The entity is recorded under the Wikipedia title "Pizzo, Calabria" and is described on Wikidata as an "Italian comune in province of Vibo Valentia." The entry has aliases listed as "Pizzo" and "Calabria," and a municipal website at https://www.comune.pizzo.vv.it.

### Location and Administrative Classification
- Administrative level: Comune (municipal level division of Italy).  
- Province: Vibo Valentia (the province is identified in the source as a province of Italy and has a Wikidata sitelink_count of 81).  
- Country: Italy (the country-level connection is explicit; Italy is identified as a country in southern Europe in the provided source material).  
- Coordinates: 38.733333333333 latitude; 16.166666666667 longitude.

### Demographics
- Population entries present in source: 9,298.0; 9,329.0; 8,766.0. These three values are provided without attached dates in the source material and therefore should be treated as available recorded population figures rather than time-stamped census results.

### Infrastructure and Transport
- Railway: The Vibo Valentia‑Pizzo railway station is explicitly related to Pizzo. The station record in the source lists an inception date of 1972-01-01 and confirms the station is in Italy. This establishes a documented rail connection for the comune.  
- Municipal website: https://www.comune.pizzo.vv.it provides an official online presence for administrative information.  
- Identifiers useful for mapping and data integration include the precise latitude/longitude and the Wikidata sitelink_count.

### Online Presence and Structured Data Identifiers
- Wikipedia: Article titled "Pizzo, Calabria."  
- Wikidata: Description "Italian comune in province of Vibo Valentia" and sitelink_count of 60.  
- Aliases: "Pizzo" and "Calabria."  
- Official municipal website: https://www.comune.pizzo.vv.it.  
- SEO context: No SEO data available yet for Pizzo in the provided source.  
- These identifiers support cross-referencing across encyclopedias, databases, and geographic information systems.

### Related Entities and Relationships
- Province of Vibo Valentia: The province is the immediate administrative higher-tier entity for Pizzo; it is a province of Italy and has a sitelink_count of 81.  
- Italy: Pizzo is within Italy; the source provides extensive country-level information for Italy (e.g., Italy is a country in southern Europe and has sitelink_count 404). This situates Pizzo in national administrative, legal, and data contexts.  
- Comune of Italy: Pizzo is an instance of the broader administrative class "comune of Italy" (the municipal divisions concept is noted with country Q38 and  and sitelink_count 60).  
- Vibo Valentia‑Pizzo railway station: The station is related to Pizzo and has an inception date of 1972-01-01. The station record lists country as Italy and a sitelink_count of 5 in the source.

### Data Provenance and Source Notes
- The entry leverages structured properties from Wikidata and academic sources provided in the raw material.  
- Population numbers, coordinates, aliases, website, sitelink_count, and related entities are taken verbatim from the supplied structured properties.  
- Where dates, years, or contexts were not attached to a figure in the source (for example, the population values), the source values are presented without inferred temporal attribution.

### Practical Uses of This Data
- Geographic lookup and mapping using the exact coordinates provided.  
- Administrative categorization for regional planning or governmental directories (comune → province of Vibo Valentia → Italy).  
- Integration into multilingual or linked-data projects via the Wikidata sitelink_count and Wikipedia title.  
- Transport planning or historical research referencing the Vibo Valentia‑Pizzo railway station inception date (1972-01-01).

### Additional Notes
- The source indicates Pizzo’s structured metadata is sufficiently linked across knowledge bases (60 sitelinks on Wikidata), which facilitates interoperability with other datasets that reference Italian municipalities.  
- No additional cultural, historical, economic, or touristic claims are made here because such details were not present in the provided source material.

## References

1. Virtual International Authority File
2. RAMEAU
3. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
4. MusicBrainz
5. Italian National Institute of Statistics
6. [Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018. Italian National Institute of Statistics](http://demo.istat.it/pop2018/index3.html)
7. [Source](https://demo.istat.it/?l=it)
8. [Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011. Italian National Institute of Statistics](https://www.istat.it/it/archivio/156224)
9. Wiki Loves Monuments Italia
10. Seismic classification in Italy
11. [Source](https://rischi.protezionecivile.gov.it/it/sismico/attivita/classificazione-sismica)