L'Aquila is the capital city of the region of Abruzzo in central Italy. With 70,421 inhabitants as of 2025 it is the second-largest city in the region, laid out within medieval walls on a hill in the wide valley of the Aterno river and surrounded by the Apennine Mountains, with the Gran Sasso d'Italia to the north-east.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Elevation (m) Latitude42.354008 degrees north 2 Sources
1. L'Aquila (Wikipedia)
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With 70,421 inhabitants as of 2025, it is also the second-largest city in the region.
- In Group: Cities of Southern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source 2. L'Aquila (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 42.354008, longitude 13.391992
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 714 m
P2046 (area)
area 466.87 sq km
View the Source3. Wikidata: L'Aquila
- Wikidata Q3476, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
Wikidata Q3476 P571, class allow-list match, knownqid pass (w-bbfill-geography5-0926)
P571 value year 1254
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