The First Municipality (In

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: ''Prima Municipalità'' or ''Municipalità 1'') is one of the ten boroughs in which the

city of

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

is divided.Statute of Neapolitan Municipalities
/ref> It is the lesser-populated municipality.

Geography

The municipality is located by the coast in the south-western area of the city. It is extended from the western branch of the

Port of Naples The Port of Naples, a port located on the Western coast of Italy, is the 11th largest seaport in Italy having an annual traffic capacity of around 25 million tons of cargo and 500,000 TEU's. It is also serves as a tourist hub, servicing an estima ...

to the borders with

Nisida Nisida is a volcanic islet of the Flegrean Islands archipelago, in southern Italy. It lies at a very short distance from Cape Posillipo, just north of Naples; it is now connected to the mainland by a stone bridge. The islet is almost circular, wit ...

(part of

Bagnoli Bagnoli is a western seaside quarter of Naples, Italy, well beyond the confines of the original city. It is beyond Cape Posillipo and, thus, looking on the coast of the Bay of Pozzuoli. Industrialization and World War II Bagnoli was one of ...

). Its territory includes the zones of

Mergellina Mergellina is a coastal district of the city of Naples, Italy. It is located in the quartiere of Chiaia. It stands at the foot of the Posillipo Hill and faces the Castel dell'Ovo. Some people say the name derives from "mergoglino", a local name fo ...

Piedigrotta Piedigrotta (; nap, Piererotta ; "at the foot of the grotto") is a section of the Chiaia quarter of Naples, Italy, so-called for the presence of the Church of the Madonna of Piedigrotta near the entrance to the Crypta Neapolitana. The area w ...

Borgo Santa Lucia Borgo Santa Lucia, or simply Santa Lucia ("Saint Lucy orough), is a historical ''rione'' of Naples, Italy, facing the coast. The area rises around the street of the same name, in turn named after the basilica of , the presence of which is atteste ...

, Borgo Marinari,

Marechiaro Marechiaro is a small village located in the Posillipo quarter in Naples. Historical Background In ancient times the village, developed around via Marechiaro, took its name from the church of Santa Maria del Faro. The name ''Marechiaro'' does n ...

and Rione Amedeo.

Administrative division

The First Municipality is divided into 3 quarters:

References

External links

Municipalità 1 page on Naples website
{{Subdivisions of Naples Municipality 01