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Florence

Firenze
Comune di Firenze
A collage o Florence showin the Uffizi (top left), follaeed bi the Pitti Palace, a sunset view o the ceety an the Fontana del Nettuno in the Piazza della Signoria
A collage o Florence showin the Uffizi (top left), follaeed bi the Pitti Palace, a sunset view o the ceety an the Fontana del Nettuno in the Piazza della Signoria
Coat of airms o Florence
Coat airms
Florence is located in Italy
Florence
Florence
Location o Florence in Italy
Coordinates: 43°47′N 11°15′E / 43.783°N 11.250°E / 43.783; 11.250Coordinates: 43°47′N 11°15′E / 43.783°N 11.250°E / 43.783; 11.250
KintraItaly
RegionTuscany
ProvinceFlorence (FI)
Govrenment
 • MayorDario Nardella
(Democratic Pairty)
Area
 • Total102.41 km2 (39.54 sq mi)
Elevation
50 m (160 ft)
Population
 (31 October 2010)[1]
 • Total370,702
 • Density3,600/km2 (9,400/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Fiorentini
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
50121-50145
Diallin code055
Patron sauntJohn the Baptist
Saunt day24 June
WebsiteOffeecial wabsteid

Florence (Italian: Firenze [fiˈrɛntse] ( listen), alternate obsolete spellin: Fiorenza; Laitin: Florentia) is the caipital ceety o the Italian region o Tuscany an o the province o Florence. It is the maist populous ceety in Tuscany, wi 367,569 inhabitants (1,500,000 in the metropolitan aurie).[2]

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Florence is twinned wi:

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