Fiumicino

Also known as municipio XIV, municipio 14

Fiumicino () is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio, central Italy, with a population of 80,500 (2019). It is known for being the site of Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport, the busiest airport in Italy and the eighth-busiest in Europe, which serves Rome and much of central Italy.

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Fiumicino is a town near Rome in central Italy with a population of about 80,500 residents. It is known primarily as the home of Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport, Italy's busiest airport and one of Europe's most important aviation hubs, which serves Rome and the surrounding region.

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Italian comune.frazioni: Aeroporto "Leonardo da Vinci", Ara Nova, Casale del Castellaccio, Castel Campanile, Focene, Fregene, Isola Sacra, Le Vignole, Maccarese, Palidoro, Parco Leonardo, Passo Oscuro, Porto, Testa di Lepre, Torrimpietra, Tragliata, Tragliatella
Italian comune.mayor: Mario Baccini
Italian comune.area_total_km2: 213
Italian comune.population_total: 80000
Italian comune.population_as_of: 1 January 2019
Italian comune.population_demonym: Fiumicinesi
Italian comune.elevation_m: 1
Italian comune.saint: Hippolytus of Rome
Italian comune.day: 5 October
Italian comune.postal_code: 00050, 00054, 00057
Italian comune.area_code: 06
Italian comune.name: Fiumicino
Italian comune.official_name: Comune di Fiumicino
Italian comune.image_skyline: Fiumicino (37961999486).jpg
Italian comune.image_caption: Aerial view of Fiumicino
Italian comune.image_shield: Fiumicino-Stemma.svg
Italian comune.image_map: Map of comune of Fiumicino (province of Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
Italian comune.map_caption: Fiumicino within the Metropolitan City of Rome

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: comune of Italy
Official name: Fiumicino
Demonym: fiumicinesi
Country: Italy
Located in: Province of Rome
Population: 81426
Area: 213.89
Elevation: 2
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Shares border with: Ladispoli
Official website: www.comune.fiumicino.rm.it
Image: Fiumicino 00 (RaBoe).jpg
Dialing code: 06
Licence plate code: ROMA
Patron saint: Hippolytus

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Commons category: Fiumicino
postal code: 00054
topic's main category: Category:Fiumicino
Commons gallery: Fiumicino
category of associated people: Category:People from Fiumicino
twinned administrative body: Huai'an
native label: Fiumicino
category for people who died here: Q32092427

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Etymology
Recent history
Geography
Demographics
Economy
Education
Transport
People
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== Etymology == The name literally means little river. The town of "Fiumicino" should not be confused with like-named Fiumicino, a small river near Rimini better known as the Rubicon river.

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