Carrara

Carrara Carara
Comune
Comune di Carrara
The aurie aroond Carrara, seen frae an aircraft flying at 10,000 metres. The toun is at the tap o the pictur, nearest tae the marble quarries which are the white merkins on the moontains.
Carrara Location of Carrara in Italy
Coordinates: 44°04.75′N 10°06.00′E
Country	Italy
Region	Tuscany
Province / Metropolitan ceety	Massa an Carrara (MS)
Frazioni	Avenza, Bedizzano, Bergiola, Bonascola, Castelpoggio, Codena, Colonnata, Fontia, Fossola, Gragnana, Marina di Carrara, Miseglia, Nazzano, Noceto, Sorgnano, Torano
Govrenment
• Mayor	Angelo Zubbani (PSI)
Aurie
• Tot	71 km2 (27 sq mi)
Elevation	100 m (300 ft)
Population (31 Mey 2008)
• Tot	65,491
• Density	920/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Carraresi
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	54033
Dialin code	0585
Patron saint	San Ceccardo
Saint day	June 16

Carrara [karˈraːra] (Emilian: Carara) is a ceety an comune in the Province o Massa an Carrara (Tuscany, Italy), notable for the white or blue-grey marble quarried thare. It is on the Carrione River, some 100 kilometres (62 mi) wast-northwast o Florence.