Fermo

**Fermo** () is a *comune* and city in the Marche region, in central Italy. Fermo is the capital of the province of Fermo.

Fermo is on a hill only a few miles from the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It is region with a high population density near seaports like Porto San Giorgio and Porto Sant'Elpidio.

## Geography
Fermo is on a hill, the *Sabulo*,  high, at about  from the Adriatic Sea. It has an area of  and its altitude is .

The *comune* borders with the following *comuni*ː Altidona, Lapedona and Monterubbiano to the south; Ponzano di Fermo to the southwest; Grottazzolina, Magliano di Tenna and Rapagnano to the west; Torre San Patrizio to the northwest; Monte Urano, Sant'Elpidio a Mare and Porto Sant'Elpidio to the north. To the east is Porto San Giorgio and the Adriatic Sea.

The *comune* has two small exclavesː the largest (*Gabbiano*) has an area of  and is surrounded by Mogliano (province of Macerata), Francavilla d'Ete, Massa Fermana and Montegiorgio; and the smallest (*Boara*) has an area of  and is surrounded by Montegiorgio, Magliano di Tenna, Grottazzolina and Belmonte Piceno.

### *Frazioni*
The following *frazioni* (hamlets) are part of Fermoː Camera, Campiglione, Cantagallo, Casabianca, Capodarco, Cartiera di Tenna, Concerie, Contrada Boara, Ete Palazzina, Faleriense, Gabbiano, Girola, Lido di Fermo, Madonnetta d'Ete, Marina Palmense, Moie, Molini Tenna, Montesecco, Montone, Parete, Pompeiana, Ponte Ete Vivo, Sacri Cuori, Salette, Salvano, San Biagio, San Girolamo, San Lorenzo, San Marco, San Michele, Lido San Tommaso, Torre di Palme and Villa San Claudio.

## Population
There are 37,396 persons living in the *comune* in 2017, for a population density of  inhabitants/km².

**Evolution of the population**

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

## Twinned towns
Fermo is twinned with:
*  Berat, Albania
*  Bahía Blanca, Argentina
*  Ansbach, Germany
*  León, Mexico

## References
## Other websites
* 
* Fermo official website