Administrative subdivision of Rome

The administrative subdivision of Rome consists of the 15 sub-municipalities (municipi) of Rome's municipality. Originally, the city was divided into 20 sub-municipalities, but the XIV, what is now the Comune di Fiumicino, voted in 1992 to become a full municipality itself and eventually detached from Rome. Then on 11 March 2013 the municipalities were reduced from 19 to 15.

History

Since 1972 the city has been divided into administrative areas, called municipi (singular: municipio), until 2001 named circoscrizioni.^[1] They were created for administrative reasons to increase decentralisation in the city. Each municipio is governed by a president and a council of four members who are elected by its residents every five years. The municipi frequently cross the boundaries of the traditional, non-administrative divisions of the city.

The municipi where originally 20, becoming 19 in 1992 after a referendum and the subsequent separation of Fiumicino (XIX Circoscrizione) into an independent Comune. In 2013 their number has been reduced to 15.^[2]

Rome is also divided into several types of non-administrative units. The historic centre is divided into 22 rioni, all of which are located within the Aurelian Walls except Prati and Borgo. These originate from the Regiones of ancient Rome, which evolved in the Middle Ages into the medieval rioni.^[3] In the Renaissance, under Pope Sixtus V, they reached again the number of fourteen, and their boundaries were finally defined under Pope Benedict XIV in 1743.

A new subdivision of the city under Napoleon was ephemeral, and there were no sensible changes in the organisation of the city until 1870, when Rome became the capital of Italy. The needs of the new capital led to an explosion both in the urbanisation and in the population within and outside the Aurelian walls. In 1874 a fifteenth rione, Esquilino, was created on the newly urbanised zone of Monti. At the beginning of the 20th century other rioni where created (the last one was Prati – the only one outside the Walls of Pope Urban VIII – in 1921). Afterward, for the new administrative subdivisions of the city the name "quartiere" was used. Today all the rioni are part of the first Municipio, which therefore coincides completely with the historical city (Centro Storico).

Municipi

An administrative reform in 2013 merged the existing municipi into the current 15 municipi, as listed below.

rowspan"1" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; vertical-align:top;" class="sortable"|Municipio	rowspan"1" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; vertical-align:top;" class="sortable"|Population 31 December 2010	rowspan"1" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; vertical-align:top;" class="sortable"|Area in km²	rowspan"1" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; vertical-align:top;" class="sortable"|Density per km²	rowspan"3" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; vertical-align:top;" class="unsortable"|Map
Municipio I - Historical Center-Prati	201,496	19.91	10,120
Municipio II - Parioli/Nomentano-San Lorenzo	175,678	13.72	12,849
Municipio III - Monte Sacro	203,395	97.82	2,079
Municipio IV - Tiburtina	178,549	49.15	3,633
Municipio V - Prenestino/Centocelle	243,363	26.97	9,132
Municipio VI - Roma Delle Torri	243,922	113.33	2,151
Municipio VII - San Giovanni/Cinecittà	310,887	46.75	6,650
Municipio VIII - Appia Antica	135,420	47,29	2,863
Municipio IX - EUR	175,925	183.17	960
Municipio X - Ostia	226,084	150.64	1,500
Municipio XI - Arvalia Portuense	152,700	70.87	2,154
Municipio XII - Monte Verde	142,983	73.12	1,955
Municipio XIII - Aurelia	137,633	68.67	2,004
Municipio XIV - Monte Mario	184,911	131.28	1,408
Municipio XV - Cassia Flaminia	157,625	186.70	844

List of the historic Rioni of Rome's center

A map of Rome's historic center with its Rioni.

List of Rome's districts and zones outside the imperial walls (incomplete)

Acilia, Acqua Acetosa, Acqua Acetosa Ostiense, Alberone, Alessandrino, Appia-Pignatelli, Appio-Latino, Arco di Travertino, Ardeatino Aurelio, Axa, Balduina, Belsito, Boccea, Bravetta, Bufalotta, Caffarella, Camilluccia, Capannelle, Casal Bertone, Casal Boccone, Casal Bruciato, Casal del Marmo, Casal de' Pazzi, Casaletto, Casal Lumbroso, Casalotti, Casalpalocco, Casal Selce Case Rosse Casetta Mattei, Casilino 23, Cassia, Castel Giubileo, Castelverde, Cecchignola, Centocelle, Cesano, Cinecittà, Cinquina, Città Giardino, Colle di Mezzo, Colli Aniene, Colli Portuensi, Corviale, Dalmata, Delle Valli, Delle Vittorie, Divino Amore, Don Bosco, Dragona, Dragoncello, Due Ponti, EUR, Falcognana, Fidene, Finocchio, Flaminio, Fleming, Fonte Meravigliosa, Foro Italico, Garbatella, Gianicolense, Giardinetti, Grotta Perfetta, Grottarossa, Idroscalo, Infernetto, Labaro-Prima Porta, La Giustiniana, La Parrocchietta, La Romanina, La Storta, Laurentino 38, Lucchina, Lunghezza, Magliana, Malafede, Malagrotta, Mandrione, Marconi, Massimina, Medaglie d'Oro, Miani, Montagnola, Monte Antenne, Montecucco, Monte Mario, Monte Sacro, Montespaccato, Monteverde Nuovo, Monteverde Vecchio, Monti di Creta, Morena, Mostacciano, Muratella, Nomentano-Italia, Nuovo Salario, Olgiata, Osteria del Curato, Ostia, Ostiense, Ottavia, Ottavo Colle, Parco dei Medici, Parioli, Pietralata, Pigneto, Pineta Sacchetti, Pinciano, Pisana, Ponte Galeria, Ponte Mammolo, Ponte Milvio, Porta di Roma, Porta Maggiore, Portonaccio, Portuense, Prati Fiscali, Prato della Signora, Prenestino, Prima Porta, Primavalle, Quadraro, Quarticciolo, Quarto Miglio, Rebibbia, Roma 70, Salario, San Basilio, San Lorenzo, San Paolo, Santa Maria del Soccorso, Saxa Rubra, Selva Candida, Serpentara, Settebagni, Settecamini, Spinaceto, Statuario, Talenti, Tiburtino, Tomba di Nerone, Tor Bella Monaca, Tor Carbone, Tor de' Cenci, Tor di Quinto, Tor di Valle, Tor Marancia, Tor Pagnotta, Torpignattara, Torraccia, Torre Angela, Torre Spaccata, Torrevecchia, Torrino, Tor Sapienza, Tor Tre Teste, Tor Vergata, Tre Fontane, Trieste, Trigoria, Trionfale, Trullo, Tufello, Tuscolano, Val Cannuta, Valle Giulia, Valleranello, Vallerano, Verano, Vigna Clara, Vigna Murata, Valle Aurelia, Villa Certosa, Villaggio Olimpico, Vitinia

References

External links

Media related to Subdivisions of Rome at Wikimedia Commons

Municipi of Rome Municipio I (List of Rioni) Municipio II Municipio III Municipio IV Municipio V Municipio VI Municipio VII Municipio VIII Municipio IX Municipio X Municipio XI Municipio XII Municipio XIII Municipio XIV Municipio XV