Porto San Giorgio
| Porto San Giorgio | ||
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| Comune | ||
| Comune di Porto San Giorgio | ||
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Porto San Giorgio plaza | ||
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.svg.png) Comune location in the Province of Fermo | ||
  Porto San Giorgio Location of Porto San Giorgio in Italy | ||
| Coordinates: 43°11′N 13°48′E / 43.183°N 13.800°ECoordinates: 43°11′N 13°48′E / 43.183°N 13.800°E | ||
| Country | Italy | |
| Region | Marche | |
| Province | Fermo (FM) | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Nicola Loira (PD) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 8.58 km2 (3.31 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 4 m (13 ft) | |
| Population (2008) | ||
| • Total | 16,201 | |
| • Density | 1,900/km2 (4,900/sq mi) | |
| Demonym(s) | Sangiorgesi | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 63822 | |
| Dialing code | 0734 | |
| Patron saint | St. George | |
| Saint day | April 23) | |
| Website | Official website | |
Porto San Giorgio is a comune (town or municipality) in the Province of Fermo, in the Marche region of Italy. It has approximately 16,500 inhabitants and it is located on the coast of the Adriatic Sea.
History
Already famous at the times of Pliny the Elder as Navale Firmanorum and cited by Strabo and in the Tabula Peutingeriana as Castrum Firmanorum (Citadel of Fermo),[1] it was bound to the development of the port of Fermo, probably situated to the estuary of the Ete river and connected to the city of Fermo by the Pompeiana road.
Railways
The Porto San Giorgio-Fermo station is on the Ancona-Pescara railway line of the Ferrovie dello Stato.
Porto San Giorgio was connected to Amandola through a 56-kilometre (35 mi) narrow gauge railway with 950-millimetre (37 in) track, the so-called "Italian gauge", which was disabled in 1956.[2]
Landmarks
The Chiesa di San Giorgio was completed in 1834.
People
- Silvia Ballestra, writer, was born here in 1969
Twin towns
Gessopalena, Italy
Biograd na Moru, Croatia
Birżebbuġa, Malta
References
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- ↑ L'Universo (in Italian). Istituto geografico militare. 1980. p. 293.
- ↑ Atti del XXXVIII Convegno di studi maceratesi, Abbadia di Fiastra, Tolentino, 23-24 Novembre 2002 (in Italian). Centro di studi storici maceratesi. 2004. p. 138.