Municipio X Explained

Official Name:Municipio X di Roma
Settlement Type:Municipio of Rome
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Italy
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Type3:Comune
Subdivision Name1:Lazio
Subdivision Name3:Rome
Established Title:Established
Established Date:11 March 2013
Leader Title:President
Leader Name:Mario Falconi (PD)
Population Total:231220
Population As Of:2019
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2

Municipio X (or Municipality 10) is one of the 15 administrative subdivisions of the city of Rome in Italy.[1]

It was first created by Rome's City Council on 19 January 2001 as Municipio XIII and has a president who is elected during the mayoral elections. On 11 March 2013 its name was changed in Municpio X.[2]

Subdivision

Municipio X is divided into 10 localities:

Locality
Inhabitants
31 December 2019
13a Malafede
16,844
13b Acilia Nord
28,047
13c Acilia Sud
25,594
13d Palocco
27,120
13e Ostia Antica
17,207
13f Ostia Nord
43,291
13g Ostia Sud
36,413
13h Castel Fusano
1,494
13i Infernetto
29,838
13x Castel Porziano
145
Not localised
5,227

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.

Last election occurred on 3 and 17 October 2021:

CandidatePartyVotes %Run-off%
Monica PiccaL31,52239.1131,94446.72
Mario FalconiPD21,19026.2936,49253.28
Alessandro IevaM5S16,83920.89
Andrea BozziA8,24110.22
Others2,8063.48
Total80,598100.0068,373100.00

The table below shows the current composition of the council:

Here is a list of presidents of the municipio since the office was created in 2013:

PresidentPartyCoalitionIn office
Andrea TassonePDCentre-left2013–2015
Special Commissioner (2015–2017)
Giuliana Di PilloM5S2017–2021
Mario FalconiPDCentre-leftsince 2021

Geography

The territory of the municipio is bounded by the Tyrrhenian Sea on the east, by the mouth of Tiber river to the north-west, by Fiumicino to the north and Pomezia to the south.

A substantial part of the territory is occupied by green areas of the Castelfusano Pinewood Urban Park and the Castelporziano Presidential Estate, as part of Litorale Romano State Nature Reserve. As of 2020, the municipio's urban green areas extend for more than 12.29 km².

References

  1. Web site: Roma Capitale Sito Istituzionale Municipi. Roma capitale. it. 2017-04-26.
  2. News: Roma, sì all'accorpamento dei municipi: il Consiglio li riduce da 19 a 15. 13 March 2013. Il Messaggero. 11 March 2013.