Portoferraio is its largest town (4)

I believe the answer is:

elba

(Other definitions for elba that I've seen before include "Napoleonic island" , "Napoleon's prison isle" , "Exile isle for Napoleon" , "Napoleonic prison" , "Italian isle" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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