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 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. L'Aquila (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead section
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
View the Source4. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 42.354,13.392
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevationQuote, results elevation
"elevation": 684.0
5. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 42.25, 13.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 42.25, 13.25
42.25 13.25 Cfb
6. GeoNames: L'Aquila - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3175121Quote, cities500 record 3175121
42.35055 13.39954 P PPLA IT 01 AQ 066049 33691 714 728 Europe/Rome
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