Fermo

Fermo
Country	Italy
region	Brands
province	Fermo (FM)
Coordinates	43 ° 10 ' N , 13 ° 43' E Coordinates: 43 ° 10 '0 " N , 13 ° 43' 0" E
height	219 m slm
surface	124 km²
Residents	36,988 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	298 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	63900
prefix	0734
ISTAT number	109006
Popular name	Fermani
Patron saint	Maria SS. Assunta
Website	Fermo
	; View of Fermo

Fermo (in ancient Firmum ) is an Italian commune with 36,988 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of the same name, Marche region .

In 2004 the province of Fermo was formed from the northern part of the province of Ascoli Piceno with Fermo as the capital.

The city has a cathedral that is the seat of the Archdiocese of Fermo .

The Torre di Palme parliamentary group is a member of the I borghi più belli d'Italia association (“The most beautiful places in Italy”).

Attractions

Piazza del Popolo
Palazzo dei Priori
Loggia di San Rocco
The Cathedral of Fermo -
La Cattedrale
Monte di Pietà
The City Library - Biblioteca Civica "Romolo Spezioli"
Teatro dell'Aquila
Roman cistern

meteorite

In 1996 a stone meteorite weighing 10.2 kilograms struck Fermo and was classified as type H3-5.

Sports

The European Youth Chess Championship took place in Fermo in August / September 2009.

traffic

The A14 autostrada runs along the Adriatic coast about 10 km from the city center.

In the district of San Marco there is a small airfield ( Aviosuperficie del Fermano ) for general aviation .

Town twinning

There are city partnerships with the city of Bahía Blanca in Argentina and with Ansbach in Bavaria .

Sons and daughters of the church

Girolamo Matteucci (around 1544-1609), Bishop of Viterbo and Tuscania
Filippo de Monti (1625 / 26–1680), bishop of Ascoli Piceno and Teramo
Romolo Spezioli (1642–1723), doctor and personal physician to famous people such as Queen Christina of Sweden , Cardinal Decio Azzolini and Pope Alexander VIII.
Natale Ricci (1677–1754), high baroque painter
Antonio Matteucci (1802–1866), Cardinal to the Curia
Daniele di Bonaventura (* 1966), jazz musician
Clarissa Claretti (born 1980), track and field athlete

Lived and worked in the place

Anton von Cavallar (around 1775–1831), old Austrian diplomat and court official

Web links

Commons : Fermo - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
^ I borghi più belli d'Italia. Borghipiubelliditalia.it, accessed August 9, 2017 (Italian).
↑ Fermo. Meteoritical Bulletin, accessed July 25, 2020 .

[1] Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.

[2] I borghi più belli d'Italia. Borghipiubelliditalia.it, accessed August 9, 2017 (Italian).

[3] Fermo. Meteoritical Bulletin, accessed July 25, 2020 .