Fonte Ostiense

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Location of Fonte Ostiense in Rome

Fonte Ostiense denotes the 24th zone , abbreviated as Z.XXIV, of the Italian capital Rome . In contrast to the Rioni, Quartieri and Suburbi, these are the more rural areas of Rome. It belongs to Municipio IX and has 24,288 inhabitants (2016). It is located in the southeast of the city within the Roman A90 ring road and has an area of ​​4.7857 km².

The name is derived from a water source on the Via Ostiensis .

history

Fonte Ostiense was founded on September 13, 1961 by decision of the Commissario Straordinario. At that time, the Ager Romanus was divided into 59 zones, which were assigned a Roman number and a Z was introduced. Six of them were completely outsourced to the newly founded municipality of Fiumicino and three others partially.

Remarks

  1. (as of December 31, 2016)
  2. Delibera del Commissario Straordinario n. 2453 del 13 September 1961
  3. ^ De Franceschini, Marina .: Ville dell'Agro romano . L'Erma di Bretschneider, Roma 2005, ISBN 88-8265-311-0 .

Web links

Commons : Zona XXIV - Fonte Ostiense  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 41 ° 48 ′ 34.9 "  N , 12 ° 28 ′ 19.2"  E