Florence

Florence

Florence is the capital and most populous city of the Italian region of Tuscany, and, as of 2026, with a population of 361,625, the 8th most populous city in the country. It is also the capital of the eponymous metropolitan province, which counts 988,494 inhabitants, while Eurostat estimates that 696,767 people live in the urban area of Florence. The Metropolitan Area of Florence, Prato and Pistoia, constituted in 2000 over an area of roughly 4,800 square kilometres (1,850 sq mi), is home to 1.5 million people.

Florence

Proper noun

1. A city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Florence and the region of Tuscany, Italy.
2. A metropolitan city of Tuscany, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Florence.

Noun

1. An ancient gold coin of the time of Edward III, coined by Florentines and worth six shillings sterling.
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