Macerata

Macerata  is a city and comune in the Marche region, central Italy. It is the capital of the province of Macerata.

The football team is A.C. Maceratese.  They play in the D League.

Geography
The historical city centre is on a hill between the Chienti and Potenza rivers. The comune of Macerata has an area of  and its altitude is .

Macerata borders with the  comuni Corridonia, Montecassiano, Pollenza, Appignano, Treia, Montelupone, Morrovalle, Recanati and Tolentino (a small part).

Frazioni
The following frazioni (hamlets) are part of Macerataː Acquesalate, Acquevive, Botonto San Giacomo, Botonto Sant'Isidoro, Cervare, Cimarella, Cincinelli, Collevario, Colleverde, Consalvi, Corneto, Helvia Recina, Isola, Madonna del Monte, Montanello, Piediripa, Sforzacosta, Valle, Vallebona, Valteia, Villa Potenza.

Population
There are 42,209 persons living in the comune in 2017, for a population density of  inhabitants/km².

Evolution of the population

The people from this comune are known, in Italian, as maceratesi.

Twinned towns
Macerata is twinned with:
 Weiden in der Oberpfalz, Germany, since 1963
 Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, since 1982
 Floriana, Malta, since 2007
 Kamëz, Albania, since 13 March 2010Binjakëzime , Municipality of Kamëz (in Albanian)
 Sheffield, UK, since 2013

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References

Other websites

Macerata official website 

Category:Cities in Marche
Category:Capital cities in Italy
Category:Settlements in Macerata