- Pontedera
Infobox CityIT
img_coa =Pontedera-Stemma.gif
official_name = Comune di Pontedera
region =Tuscany
province = Pisa (PI)
elevation_m = 14
area_total_km2 = 46
population_as_of =December 31 ,2004
population_total = 26842
population_density_km2 = 578
timezone = CET, UTC+1
coordinates = coord|43|40|N|10|39|E
frazioni = Pietroconti, La Rotta, I Fabbri, Treggiaia, Montecastello, Santa Lucia, La Borra, Il Botteghino, Il Romito, Gello, Pardossi
telephone = 0587
postalcode = 56025
gentilic = Pontederesi
saint = San Faustino
day =October 10
mayor = Paolo Marconcini (since June 2004
website = [http://www.comune.pontedera.pi.it/ www.comune.pontedera.pi.it]Pontedera is a small Italian industrial town in
Tuscany ,Italy , in the administrativeprovince of Pisa . It is the headquarters of thePiaggio company, which in the 1930s was a major aircraft manufacturer and which now manufactures motor vehicles such as theVespa and the Ape. Piaggio was a subsidiary ofFIAT . Today the owner of Piaggio isRoberto Colaninno .Pontedera is in the
Arno valley at the confluence of theEra River and theArno River .It is across by Scomatore channel and by Roglio, Era's tributary. It has a small lake inPietroconti called Braccini lake.
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