HomeFlorenceFacts & Figures about Florence Facts & Figures about Florence Location ContinentEurope CountryItaly RegionTuscany ProvinceFlorence CityFlorence Local name Firenze Coordinates 43:46:21N 11:15:17E Altitude 50m / 164ft Info Flag Year founded 59BC (as Florentia) Currency Euro (EUR) Language Italian Timezone Central European Time (CET) UTC+1 Population Visitors 5 125 700 (2019) Source: worlddata.info City Population 368 419 (2021) 366 927 (2020) 369 885 (2020) Metro Population 998 431 (2021) 995 517 (2020) 998 976 (2019) Source: Eurostat