Porto San Giorgio
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| Comune di Porto San Giorgio | |
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| Country |  Italy |
| Region | Marche |
| Province | Ascoli Piceno (AP) |
| Mayor | Andrea Agostini |
| Elevation | 4 m (13 ft) |
| Area | 8.58 km² (3 sq mi) |
| Population (as of August 2007) | |
| - Total | 16,102 |
| - Density | 1,877/km² (4,861/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET, UTC+1 |
| Coordinates | |
| Gentilic | Sangiorgesi |
| Dialing code | 0734 |
| Postal code | 63017 |
| Patron | St. George |
| - Day | April 23) |
| Website: www.comune.porto-san-giorgio.ap.it | |
Porto San Giorgio is a comune (town or municipality) in the province of Ascoli Piceno, in the Marche region of Italy. It has approximately 16.000 inhabitants and it is located on the coast of the Adriatic Sea.
[edit] 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), it was bound to the development of the port of Fermo, probably situated to the estuary of the Ete vivo river and connected to the city of Fermo by the Pompeiana road.
[edit] Railways
Porto San Giorgio is on the Ancona-Pescara railway line of the Ferrovie dello Stato.
Porto San Giorgio had its own narrow gauge railway (3 ft 1⅜ in, the so-called "Italian gauge") line to Amandola (56 km), which was disabled in 1956.
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