Municipio VIII explained

Official Name:Municipio VIII di Roma
Settlement Type:Municipio of Rome
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Italy
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Lazio
Subdivision Type3:Comune
Subdivision Name3:Rome
Leader Title:President
Leader Name:Amedeo Ciaccheri
(2018-incumbent)

(centre-left)
Established Title:Established
Established Date:19 January 2001
11 March 2013 (renamed)
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Km2:47,29
Population As Of:2016
Population Total:131,181
Population Density Km2:2,773.85
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Website:Municipio VIII of Rome

Municipio VIII is an administrative subdivision of the city of Rome.

It was first created by Rome's City Council on 11 March 2013 after the abolition of the former Municipio XI and it has a president who is elected during the mayoral elections.[1]

Subdivision

Municipio VIII is divided into 9 localities:

Locality
Inhabitants
31 December 2010
11a Ostiense
7,775
11b Valco San Paolo
7,779
11c Garbatella
44,576
11d Navigatori
5,283
11e Tor Marancia
33,312
11f Tre Fontane
11,915
11g Grottaperfetta
16,269
11x Appia Antica Nord
2,622
11y Appia Antica Sud
744
Not localised
906

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.

After the resignation of the incumbent President, a special election occurred on 10 June 2018:

CandidatePartyVotes %
Amedeo Ciaccheri S8[2] 17,60354.05
Simone Foglio FI8,24925.33
Enrico LupardiniM5S4,27113.11
Others2,4437.50
Total32,566100.00

Table below shows the current composition of the Council:

Here is a list of the Presidents of the municipio since the office was created in 2001 (until 2013 named Municipio XI):

PresidentPartyCoalitionIn office
Massimiliano SmeriglioPRCThe Olive Tree2001–2006
Andrea CatarciPRC/SELCentre-left2006–2016
Paolo PaceM5S2016–2017
Virginia RaggiM5S2017–2018
Amedeo CiaccheriS8Centre-leftsince 2018
Notes

References

41.8931°N 12.4828°W

Notes and References

  1. News: Roma, sì all'accorpamento dei municipi: il Consiglio li riduce da 19 a 15. 13 March 2013. Il Messaggero. 11 March 2013.
  2. Member of the leftist Super 8 List in alliance with the Democratic Party and Free and Equal.