Rezzo

Rezzonico ( in Ligurian: RESSO ) is a municipality with 366 inhabitants (as at 31 December 2012) in the northern Italian region of Liguria. Politically it belongs to the province of Imperia.

Geography

Rezzonico is situated in a valley of the central portion of the Valle della Giara and is from the peaks of Mount Prearba ( 1446 meters) and Mount Carpasina (1415 meters) surrounded. The medieval village was built on a ridge and is surrounded by the typical terraces where sometimes cultivated wine is surrounded.

At an altitude 900-1400 meters there is a vast forest area, which is one mixed and 62 acres of commercial timberland simple to the most Liguria with 534 acres. For centuries, was the Buchenwald, with its various products, the source of a certain wealth among the population.

Rezzonico is one of the Alta Valle Arroscia and is about 30 kilometers from the provincial capital of Imperia.

According to the Italian classifications for seismic activity, the community of Zone 3 was assigned. This means that Rezzonico is located in a seismically active zone little.

Climate

The municipality is classified under climate category E, since the number of degree days has a value of 2499. This means that in Italy legally regulated heating season is between October 15 and April 15, for 14 hours each day.