# Montaione

> Italian comune

**Wikidata**: [Q82762](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82762)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montaione)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/montaione

## Summary
Montaione is an Italian comune (municipality) located in the Metropolitan City of Florence in the region of Tuscany, Italy. It is an administrative municipality with multiple hamlets and frazioni (including Castelfalfi, San Vivaldo, Alberi, Mura, and Sughera), official website http://www.comune.montaione.fi.it, and geographic coordinates 43.553333333333 N, 10.911666666667 E.

## Key Facts
- Montaione is an Italian comune (municipal division of Italy).
- Administrative location: Metropolitan City of Florence (metropolitan municipality of Italy; inception of the Metropolitan City: 2015-01-01).
- Historical/provincial association: Province of Florence (former province of Tuscany; inception: 1865).
- Country: Italy (Republic of Italy; see Italy subsection for country-level facts and inception dates).
- Coordinates: latitude 43.553333333333, longitude 10.911666666667.
- Official municipal website: http://www.comune.montaione.fi.it.
- Recorded population values (as provided): 3726.0; 3638.0; 3492.0.
- Frazioni / hamlets and human settlements in Montaione listed in the source: Castelfalfi (frazione; sitelink_count: 7), San Vivaldo (human settlement in Montaione, Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany; sitelink_count: 5), Alberi (human settlement in Montaione; sitelink_count: 5), Mura (hamlet of Montaione; sitelink_count: 5), Sughera (hamlet of Montaione; sitelink_count: 5).
- Wikidata description: "Italian comune".
- Wikipedia title: Montaione.
- Wikidata sitelink_count for Montaione: 56.
- Related entity (administrative type): "comune of Italy" — municipal divisions of Italy (country: Q38, ; sitelink_count: 60).
- Related association listed in source: "The most beautiful villages in Italy" — an association of small Italian towns of historical interest (inception: 2001; country: Italy; headquarters: ; sitelink_count: 21).
- Identifiers and metadata from source: Montaione appears in Wikidata and has the listed sitelink_count of 56 and the Wikipedia article titled "Montaione".

## FAQs
Q: What is Montaione?
A: Montaione is a comune (municipality) in Italy, administratively located in the Metropolitan City of Florence in the region of Tuscany.

Q: Where exactly is Montaione located?
A: Montaione’s geographic coordinates are latitude 43.553333333333 and longitude 10.911666666667. It lies within the Metropolitan City of Florence, previously associated with the Province of Florence.

Q: What are the main subdivisions, hamlets, or frazioni of Montaione?
A: The source lists several local settlements: Castelfalfi (frazione), San Vivaldo (human settlement), Alberi (human settlement), Mura (hamlet), and Sughera (hamlet).

Q: How many people live in Montaione?
A: The source provides three population figures for Montaione: 3726.0, 3638.0, and 3492.0. The source does not attach dates to those specific values.

Q: Where can I find official information about Montaione online?
A: The official municipal website given in the source is http://www.comune.montaione.fi.it.

Q: How is Montaione classified administratively and what higher-level entities is it connected to?
A: Montaione is classified as a comune — a municipal division of Italy. It is within the Metropolitan City of Florence (inception 2015-01-01) and was formerly associated with the Province of Florence (inception 1865), both within the country of Italy.

Q: Is Montaione connected to national or thematic associations in the source?
A: The source lists "The most beautiful villages in Italy" as a related association (inception 2001) and lists the general entity "comune of Italy" as the municipal classification; the source does not explicitly state Montaione’s membership status in the association.

## Why It Matters
Montaione matters as a local governmental and community unit within Tuscany and the Metropolitan City of Florence. As a comune it serves as the primary administrative authority for its territory and local settlements (frazioni and hamlets such as Castelfalfi, San Vivaldo, Alberi, Mura, and Sughera). Its presence in reference databases (56 Wikidata sitelinks) and a dedicated municipal website indicate institutional recognition and public services oriented to residents and visitors. Montaione’s listing alongside municipal and cultural associations in the source underscores its role in regional identity and local heritage networks within Italy’s system of communes. For researchers, planners, or travelers, Montaione provides a specific, geolocated example of municipal organization, small-community demographics (the provided population figures), and the pattern of populated places that make up rural Tuscany.

## Notable For
- Being an Italian comune administratively placed in the Metropolitan City of Florence (a metropolitan municipality created on 2015-01-01).
- Hosting several named local settlements and frazioni: Castelfalfi, San Vivaldo, Alberi, Mura, and Sughera, each specifically identified in the provided source.
- Having a defined geographic position at 43.553333333333 N, 10.911666666667 E, enabling precise mapping and geospatial reference.
- Maintaining an official municipal web presence at http://www.comune.montaione.fi.it.
- Appearances in cross-language and linked-data platforms (sitelink_count: 56), indicating broad cataloguing across reference resources.

## Body

### Administrative status and higher-level placement
- Montaione is a comune, the basic municipal division in Italy. The source explicitly classifies it as an Italian comune.
- It is administratively located in the Metropolitan City of Florence, the metropolitan municipality of Italy whose inception date is given as 2015-01-01.
- The comune has a historical association with the Province of Florence, described in the source as a former province of Tuscany with inception date +1865-00-00.
- Country-level affiliation: Montaione is in Italy. The provided Italy entry identifies Italy as a sovereign state in Southern Europe with many national-level facts (see the Italy subsection below for those details).

### Geography and coordinates
- Exact coordinates for Montaione in the source: latitude 43.553333333333, longitude 10.911666666667.
- These coordinates locate Montaione within the region of Tuscany and inside the Metropolitan City of Florence administrative area.

### Population and demographics (as provided)
- The source lists three population figures for Montaione: 3726.0, 3638.0, and 3492.0. The source does not attach dates or labels to these individual values; they are recorded outputs from the structured properties provided.
- The presence of multiple recorded population values suggests population counts or estimates captured at different times or in different datasets; the source does not supply further temporal metadata.

### Subdivisions, hamlets and local settlements
- Castelfalfi — identified in the source as a frazione of Italy connected to Montaione (sitlink_count: 7).
- San Vivaldo — described as a human settlement in Montaione, Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy (sitelink_count: 5).
- Alberi — recorded as a human settlement in Montaione, Italy (sitelink_count: 5).
- Mura — listed as a human settlement/hamlet of Montaione in Italy (sitelink_count: 5).
- Sughera — identified as a hamlet of Montaione (sitelink_count: 5).
- Each of these named places is explicitly connected to Montaione in the provided material and represents the local composition of the comune.

### Online presence and identifiers
- Official municipal website: http://www.comune.montaione.fi.it (presented in structured properties).
- Wikipedia article title for the entity: "Montaione".
- Wikidata description: "Italian comune".
- Montaione’s Wikidata sitelink_count is 56, indicating its presence across many language Wikipedias and interlinked resources per the supplied metadata.

### Related entities and associations
- The source lists the administrative concept "comune of Italy" as the municipal division type relevant to Montaione; that concept is associated in the source with countries Q38 and  and has a sitelink_count of 60.
- The source also lists "The most beautiful villages in Italy" as a related association (an association of small Italian towns of historical interest) with inception +2001-00-00 and headquarters  (sitelink_count: 21). The source presents this association as related material; it does not state Montaione’s membership explicitly.

### Relationship to country-level entities (Italy)
- Montaione is located in Italy. The source provides substantial country-level information about Italy that contextualizes Montaione’s national setting:
  - Official name: Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana).
  - Classification: sovereign state, unitary parliamentary republic in Southern Europe.
  - Capital: Rome (current capital since June 2, 1946; previously Florence 1865–1871 and Turin 1861–1865 as given).
  - Inception information provided in the source for Italy: Republic inception 1946-06-18 (constitutional referendum 1946); Kingdom of Italy proclaimed 1861-03-17 (applies_to_part: Kingdom of Italy).
  - Area and population stats in the source: total area 302,068 km²; population 58,850,717 (as of 2023).
  - Currency and economic facts: Euro adopted 2002; nominal GDP in 2022 given as $2,010,431,598,465.
  - Official language listed as Italian plus recognized regional languages (a long list is provided in the source).
  - Head of state and government names and dates from the source: President Sergio Mattarella (since February 3, 2015); Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (since October 22, 2022).
  - Time zone, electrical standards, emergency numbers, international codes and other infrastructure facts are provided at country level in the source (e.g., mains voltage 230V/50Hz; emergency numbers 112, 113, 115, 118; ISO codes: IT/ITA/380; top-level domain .it).
  - The source includes many more national-level facts that define the legal, economic, and infrastructural context in which Montaione operates (see the full Italy material in the source).

### Metadata, cross-references and cataloguing
- The source lists Montaione’s presence in linked-data resources (Wikidata, Wikipedia) and gives a sitelink_count of 56.
- The municipal website and identifiers (Wikipedia title) are available for further reference and verification.

### Notes on source scope and limitations
- Population numbers are presented in the source as three numerical values without attached dates or explanatory labels; no further demographic breakdown (age, gender, density) for Montaione was provided in the source material.
- The source enumerates Italy-level facts in detail; these are included here as contextual connections but are country-level rather than Montaione-specific.
- The source lists related associations and municipal concepts (for example, "The most beautiful villages in Italy") as related material; membership or ranking of Montaione within those associations is not asserted in the provided material and therefore not claimed here.

### External links
- Official municipal website (from structured properties): http://www.comune.montaione.fi.it

(End of entry. All statements above are drawn only from the provided source material.)

## References

1. Virtual International Authority File
2. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
3. [Italian National Institute of Statistics](http://demo.istat.it/bil2013/index04.html)
4. [Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018. Italian National Institute of Statistics](http://demo.istat.it/pop2018/index3.html)
5. [Source](https://demo.istat.it/?l=it)
6. GeoNames
7. [Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011. Italian National Institute of Statistics](https://www.istat.it/it/archivio/156224)
8. Wiki Loves Monuments Italia
9. Seismic classification in Italy
10. [Source](https://rischi.protezionecivile.gov.it/it/sismico/attivita/classificazione-sismica)