Vallecrosia

Vallecrosia ( in Ligurian: Vallecrösia or Vallecrösa ) is a municipality with 6998 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) in the northern Italian region of Liguria. Politically it belongs to the province of Imperia and is part of the metropolitan area of Ventimiglia.

Geography

Vallecrosia lies on the Ligurian Sea, at the mouth of the river Verbone. From the French border, is the community of about 12 km, about 40 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 Vallecrosia is in a seismically active zone little.

Climate

The temperate climate, Mediterranean with mild temperatures in winter (average temperature in January at 10 ° C) and warm summer months (average temperature in July and August at 24 ° C). Occasionally occurs in winter frost; However, snowfall remains the exception. The summer heat is often cooled by a sea breeze from the southwest.

The municipality is classified under climate category C, since the number of degree days has a value of 1109. This means that in Italy legally regulated heating season is between November 15 and March 31 for 10 hours per day.

Specialty

In the vicinity of the only noteworthy DOC red wine of Liguria also grown - Rossese of Dolce Acqua.