Elba
Elba, an Italian island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, about 6 miles (10 km) off the coast of Tuscany and 115 miles (185 km) northwest of Rome. Elba has an area of 86 square miles (223 km2) and is mountainous, reaching an elevation of 3,343 feet (1,019 m) in the west. Farming, fishing, iron-ore mining, and tourism are the leading economic activities. Elba is administered as part of Tuscany. Portoferraio is the chief city.
Elba is probably best known as the place of Napoleon I's first exile—from May 4, 1814, to February 26, 1815. During that time, Elba was a sovereign principality under Napoleon. Control of the island passed to Tuscany after Napoleon's departure, to Sardinia in 1860, and to unified Italy in 1861.
Population: about 35,000.