Fiumicino

Fiumicino
Country	Italy
region	Lazio
Metropolitan city	Rome  (RM)
Coordinates	41 ° 46 ′  N , 12 ° 14 ′  E Coordinates: 41 ° 46 ′ 19 ″  N , 12 ° 14 ′ 0 ″  E
height	4  m slm
surface	213 km²
Residents	81,718 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	384 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	00050, 00054, 00057
prefix	06
ISTAT number	058120
Popular name	Fiumicinesi
Patron saint	St. Hippolytus
Website	http://www.fiumicino.net/
The city seen from an airplane

Fiumicino is an Italian commune with 81,718 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the metropolitan city of Rome in the Lazio region .

Fiumicino is known worldwide for the Rome-Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci international airport, which is located in the municipality .

geography

Location of Fiumicino in the province of Rome

To the right of the Canale di Fiumicino the Isola Sacra, to the left Fiumicino paese, in the background the airport and the port of Trajan

Fiumicino is located 28 km southwest of Rome on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea . The municipal area includes the Tiber delta , the coastal plain to the north, and extends into the hill country south of Lake Bracciano . The actual village of Fiumicino is north of the mouth of the Fiumicino Canal and still has the atmosphere of a fishing village. While the Isola Sacra in particular, between the canal and the estuary of the Tiber, and the area around the airport have been heavily sprawled over the past few decades, the northern municipal area with the Litorale Romano Nature Park is largely natural. The core area is the 280 hectare WWF Macchiagrande protected area , which provides a habitat for numerous amphibians, reptiles and birds. Fregene and Passoscuro are popular seaside resorts for the population of the greater Rome area. Above all, Fregene is famous for its nightlife with its numerous discos.

On August 24, 2013, a new mud volcano was born on a roundabout between Fiumicino and Fiumicino Airport . Mud and gases, mainly carbon dioxide , leaked from two chimneys . Another, much larger mud volcano was formed at the end of September about 100 meters from the coast. The mud volcano at the roundabout, the crater of which reached a diameter of more than three meters, has since been filled in again by a specialist company, but the risk of renewed mud eruptions remains in the entire Tiber Delta .

The municipality includes the districts with the postcodes :

• 00050 Rome Fiumicino Airport , Aranova, Fregene, Palidoro, Passoscuro, Testa di Lepre and Torrimpietra
• 00054 Fiumicino, Focene and Isola Sacra
• 00057 Maccarese and Pantano di Grano

The community is located in earthquake zone 3 (little risk).

traffic

The A91 motorway connects Fiumicino with Rome. From here, the A12 Autostrada Azzurra branches off to Civitavecchia in the urban area .

Fiumicino Airport is easily accessible with the regional train FL1 (formerly FR1) via Rome-Tiburtina to Orte and the Leonardo Express to Roma Termini station . The Parco Leonardo station is also on the route . The branch line to Fiumicino City was closed in 2000.

The Maccarese-Fregene and Torrimpietra-Palidoro stations are on the Pisa – Rome line .

history

In 42 AD, Emperor Claudius founded a new port, Portus Romae , northwest of Ostia , which was expanded from 103 AD by Trajan with a hexagonal harbor basin (still visible south of the airport today). The port settlement Portus soon outstripped Ostia, when it was elevated to Colonia by Constantine the Great it probably had 30,000–40,000 inhabitants. Around this time Portus also became a bishopric. The diocese still exists today under the name Porto-Santa-Rufina . The decline of Portus began with the Migration Period, with the port remaining the most important port in Rome until the Middle Ages, when it was replaced by Civitavecchia .

The port of Trajan was connected to the Tiber by a canal called Flumen Micinum. The modern place name Fiumicino is derived from the name of this canal, which was only re-established as a municipality in 1825. Fiumicino was incorporated into Rome in the 20th century, but has been an independent city again since 1992, which is now the third largest city in the province of Rome with over 78,000 inhabitants.

Located in the municipal area of ​​the city of Rome, the fascist regime established an internment camp ( campo di concentramento ) in 1941 , which served as a labor colony. It was on an estate in Castel di Guido, in the immediate vicinity of Fiumicino and Maccarese. The men interned mainly for political reasons were used as cheap labor for agricultural activities. Resistance was punished with imprisonment. The camp was only disbanded in autumn 1943.

population

Population development

year	1993	2001	2011
Residents	42,444	49,795	67,626

Source: ISTAT

Ethnicities and immigration

On December 31, 2015, there were 9,535 people of foreign origin in Fiumicino. Most of them come from the following countries:

1. Romania - 4720
2. China - 561
3. India - 539
4. Bangladesh - 427
5. Poland - 395

43 people were of German origin.

politics

Esterino Montino was elected Mayor on May 26, 2013 and re-elected on June 11, 2018.

Twin cities

• Luqa , Malta
• Mar del Plata , Argentina
• Riga , Latvia
• Seville , Spain

coat of arms

Blue shield with two green stripes in the lower quarter, on it a red tower with a round window, on it a black anchor with four golden ears of corn. The tower is intended to remind of the many watchtowers on the coast. The blue and green stripes symbolize the sea, land and river. Anchors and ears of corn represent the historical pillars of the economy, seafaring and agriculture.

Attractions

• In the Museo delle Navi (Museum of Ships; currently closed) next to the airport, five ancient ships can be viewed that were found during the construction work on the airport.
• To the south of it extends around the port basin of Trajan (Lago di Traiano) an archaeological area with numerous remains of the port buildings and the medieval Castello di Porto.
• In the eastern part of Isola Sacra (Via dell'Aeroporto roughly marks the course of the ancient coast) a Roman necropolis and the ruins of the former bishop's church of Sant'Ippolito have been preserved.
• The church of Santi Ippolito e Lucia on Via Portuense is co- cathedral of the diocese of Porto-Santa Rufina . The church was founded as an episcopal church in Portus Romae in the 4th or 5th century. The current building dates from the 16th century.

economy

Leonardo da Vinci airport

Fiumicino is a major fishing port that also has a large fish market. The largest employer, however, is Rome Fiumicino Airport . To the east of the airport is the Parco Leonardo commercial and shopping area designed by Ricardo Bofill . a. with the largest cinema complex in Italy.

sons and daughters of the town

• Mauro Galvano (* 1964), professional boxer
• Tha Supreme (* 2001), rapper

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ http://www.scinexx.de/wissen-aktuell-17065-2014-01-10.html
3. ↑ http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/de/monte-albano/news/37495/Rome-Italy-second-mudvolcano-off-shore-near-Fiumicino-airport.html
4. ^ Italian civil defense
5. ↑ page on disused railway lines (Italian)
6. ↑ Carlo Spartaco Capogreco, I Campi del duce. L'internamento civile nell'Italia fascista (1940-1943) , Torino 2004 (Einaudi), pp. 197-198
7. ^ Istituto Nazionale di Statistica
8. ↑ ^{a b c} Città aeroportuali nell'unione ( Memento of the original dated May 7, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
9. ↑ La prima voce on the partnership with Mar del Plata doc
10. ↑ Pro Loco Fiumicino ( Memento of the original from January 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Italian) 
11. ↑ Museo delle Navi ( Memento of the original from August 18, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
12. ↑ Porto di Traiano ( Memento of the original from March 16, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
13. ↑ Isola Sacra ( Memento of the original from March 16, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Web links

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

• Portal about Fiumicino (Italian)
• Fiumicino on www.comuni-italiani.it (Italian)
• WWF protected area Macchiagrande (Italian)