Municipio I


The Municipio I is an administrative subdivision of the municipality of Rome, encompassing the centre of the city.
It was first created by Rome's city council on 19 January 2001 and has a president who is elected during the mayoral elections. On 11 March 2013 its borders were modified and it was expanded with the incorporation of part of the abolished Municipio XVII. Since then all the rioni of Rome, which are the city's historic districts, form part of Municipio I together with the localities Delle Vittorie and Eroi.

Subdivision

Municipio I is divided into 11 localities:
Locality
Inhabitants
31 December 2010
1a Historical Centre
39,288
1b Trastevere
21,749
1c Aventino
8,798
1d Testaccio
8,373
1e Esquilino
37,383
1f XX Settembre
10,670
1g Celio
4,524
1x Archeological Zone
1,102
17a Prati
20,538
17b Delle Vittorie
27,750
17c Eroi
21,199
Not localised
128

Rioni

Since 2013 the territory includes all 22 rioni:
R.I Monti, R.II Trevi, R.III Colonna, R.IV Campo Marzio, R.V Ponte, R.VI Parione, R.VII Regola, R.VIII Sant'Eustachio, R.IX Pigna, R.X Campitelli, R.XI Sant'Angelo, R.XII Ripa, R.XIII Trastevere, R.XIV Borgo, R.XV Esquilino, R.XVI Ludovisi, R.XVII Sallustiano, R.XVIII Castro Pretorio, R.XIX Celio, R.XX Testaccio, R.XXI San Saba and R.XXII Prati.

Municipal Government

The President of the municipio is directly elected by citizens. The Council of the municipio is elected every five years, with a system under which voters express a direct choice for the President or an indirect choice voting for the party of the candidate's coalition. If no candidate receives at least 50% of votes, the top two candidates go to a second round after two weeks. This gives a result whereby the winning candidate may be able to claim majority support.
Last election occurred on 5 and 19 June 2016:
Table below shows the current composition of the Council:
TermMajorityOppositionTotalPresident
TermTotalPresident
2016–202111 PD
1 RI
2 Others		3 M5S
3 FdI
3 FI
1 SI		24Sabrina Alfonsi

Here is a list of presidents of the municipio since the office was created in 2001:

Geography

The area of the municipality occupies the central districts of the town, including the whole historic district enclosed by the Aurelian Walls and the Janiculum walls and crossed by the Tiber, which makes part of UNESCO's List of World Heritage Sites. The quarters built over the river in the late XIX Century and the beginning of XX Century between the Vatican Hill and Monte Mario are also within its borders.
The ancient core of the Municipio are the historic seven hills, as well as the Janiculum, the Pincian Hill and the artificial hillocks of Monte Testaccio and Monte Giordano. Along the Tiber rises the Tiber Island.

Culture

Libraries

The Municipio hosts 103 museums, such as the Vittoriano, the Capitoline Museums, the Scuderie del Quirinale, the Palazzo delle Esposizioni and the Museo Alfonso Gallo

Cinemas

Stations of Rome Metro in the Municipio:
The public transport is ensured by numerous access points to the rail lines, as well as many bus, trolleybuses and trams.
In this Municipio, or at its borders, there is Roma Termini railway station, the Roma Ostiense railway station, the central sections of the Line A and Line B of the Metro and the terminus of the three regional railways Rome-Lido, Rome North and Rome-Giardinetti. Roma Trastevere and Roma San Pietro railway stations are also very close and easily accessible.
Roma Termini has a direct rail link with Fiumicino Airport, served by the Leonardo Express, as well as many bus lines both to Fiumicino and Ciampino Airports.