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Grottammare
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| Comune di Grottammare | |
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 Municipal coat of arms |
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| Country |  Italy |
| Region | Marche |
| Province | Ascoli Piceno (AP) |
| Mayor | |
| Elevation | 4 m |
| Area | 17 km² |
| Population | |
| - Total (as of 2004) | 14,732 |
| - Density | 832/km² |
| Time zone | CET, UTC+1 |
| Coordinates | |
| Gentilic | Grottammaresi |
| Dialing code | 0735 |
| Postal code | 63013 |
| Patron | San Paterniano |
| - Day | July 10 |
| Website: www.comune.grottammare.ap.it | |
Grottammare is a town and commune on Italy's Adriatic coast, in the province of Ascoli Piceno, Marche region. It receives over 500,000 tourists a year.
In 1994 the ruling Christian Democrats were ousted by a coalition known as Participation and Solidarity (PS). It created a system of neighbourhood assemblies as a type of participatory democracy.
It has a Serie D football team, S.P. Grottammare 1899.
Pope Sixtus V was born here.
- Red Pepper, August 2004, "Local Democracy Italian style"
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