What is Vasto?
{{Infobox Italian comune | name = Vasto | official_name = Città di Vasto | native_name = | image_skyline = Vasto 2009 019 (RaBoe).jpg | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = Vasto | image_shield = Vasto-Stemma.svg | shield_alt = | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | coordinates = {{coord|42.1118|14.7082|region:IT-65_type:city|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | region = [[Abruzzo]] | province = [[province of Chieti|Chieti]] (CH) | frazioni = | mayor_party = | mayor = Luciano Antonio Lapenna | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 70.65 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 40,381 | population_as_of = 30 November 2010 | pop_density_footnotes = | population_demonym = Vastesi | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 138 | twin1 = | twin1_country = | saint = [[Saint Michael]] | day = September 29 | postal_code = 66054 | area_code = 0873 | website = {{official website|http://www.comune.vasto.ch.it}} | footnotes = }} '''Vasto''' ({{lang-grc|Ἱστόνιον}}; [[Latin]]: '''Histonium''', '''Istonium''', and '''Histonios'''; formerly also, '''Guastaymonis''', '''Il Vasto''', and '''Il Vasto d'Ammone''') is a town and ''[[comune]]''. It is on the [[Adriatic]] coast of the [[Province of Chieti]] in southern [[Abruzzo]], [[Italy]]. The population is now just over 40,000. == References == {{reflist}} {{Province of Chieti}} {{Europe-stub}} [[Category:Settlements in Chieti]]