Genga is a town and comune of Ancona province in the Italian region of the Marche, at 43°26′N 12°56′E, at 320 m (1050 ft) above sea-level, on the Sentino river about 7 km (4 mi) downstream and E of Sassoferrato; and 12 km N of Fabriano. According to the 2003 census, Genga's population was 1,967. The town is best known as the ancestral home of the noble family of the della Genga, the most famous member of which was Pope Leo XII; its chief monuments are the early medieval church, in the Byzantine style, at S. Vittore alle Chiuse, and the Roman bridge in the same hamlet, about 8 km SE of town. The caves of Frasassi, about 5 km SSE, are among the most visited natural curiosities in central Italy. The Regions of Italy were granted a degree of regional autonomy in the 1948 constitution, which states that the constitutions role is: to recognize, protect and promote local autonomy, to ensure that services at the State level are as decentralized as possible, and to adapt the principles and laws... This article is about the Italian region. ... In Italy, the province (in Italian: provincia) is an administrative division of an intermediate level, between municipality (comune) and region (Regione). ... Ancona Province Coat of Arms Ancona is a province in the Marche region of central Italy. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... A frazione, in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other subdivisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere: these are the lowest subdivisions of the country. ... For other uses of the word, see Elevation In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or possibly some other fixed point). ... Italys: postal code system is called CAP(Codice di Avviamento Postale). ... Here are a list of area codes in Italy. ... Prior to 1994 and resuming in 1999, Italian automobile license plates bear an alphabetic code which tells in which region the automobile was registered. ... Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT) is the Italian national statistical institute, roughly corresponding to the United States Census Bureau. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger,greater) is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities. ... Ancona Province Coat of Arms Ancona is a province in the Marche region of central Italy. ... This article is about the Italian region. ... Sassoferrato (pop. ... Fabriano is a town and comune of Ancona province in the Italian region of the Marche, at 43°20′ N 12°54′ E, at 325 m (1066 ft) above sea-level. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Leo XII, born Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga (August 22, 1760 – February 10, 1829), was Pope from 1823 to 1829. ...

Marche · Communes of the province of Ancona

Agugliano | Ancona | Arcevia | Barbara | Belvedere Ostrense | Camerano | Camerata Picena | Castel Colonna | Castelbellino | Castelfidardo | Castelleone di Suasa | Castelplanio | Cerreto d'Esi | Chiaravalle | Corinaldo | Cupramontana | Fabriano | Falconara Marittima | Filottrano | Genga | Jesi | Loreto | Maiolati Spontini | Mergo | Monsano | Monte Roberto | Monte San Vito | Montecarotto | Montemarciano | Monterado | Morro d'Alba | Numana | Offagna | Osimo | Ostra | Ostra Vetere | Poggio San Marcello | Polverigi | Ripe | Rosora | San Marcello | San Paolo di Jesi | Santa Maria Nuova | Sassoferrato | Senigallia | Serra San Quirico | Serra de' Conti | Sirolo | Staffolo