Sassa
# Sassa

Sassa is a frazione in the Province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy. After the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake, it has a population of about 2500 inhabitants considering small villages around this frazione.

The frazione of Sassa is composed by twelve villages: Brecciasecca, Colle di Sassa, Collefracido, Collemare, Foce di Sassa, Genzano di Sassa, Pagliare di Sassa, Palombaia di Sassa, Poggio Santa Maria, San Martino, Sassa and Sassa Scalo. These twelve villages formed the independent town of Sassa until 1927. Sassa tries often consider the whole territory and villas that compose it; with Sassa is therefore aimed at the following centers:

| Village | Elevation | Population | Note |
| - | - | - | - |
| Brecciasecca | - | - | - |
| Colle di Sassa | 750 | 224 | |
| Collefracido | 775 | 121 | |
| Collemare | - | - | - |
| Foce di Sassa | 800 | 240 | |
| Genzano di Sassa | 685 | 456 | |
| Pagliare di Sassa | 682 | 230 | |
| Palombaia di Sassa | 670 | 183 | |
| Poggio Santa Maria | 858 | 282 | |
| San Martino | - | - | - |
| Sassa | 675 | 607 | |
| Sassa Scalo | 664 | 210 | |

## Transport

Sassa has a station on the Terni–Sulmona railway, with trains to Terni, Rieti and L'Aquila.

