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Vatican City
Vatican City, officially the Vatican City State, often shortened as the Vatican, is a landlocked sovereign city-state in Southern Europe. Ruled by the pope, it is an enclave within the city of Rome, Italy, and serves as the administrative centre of the Catholic Church.
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Data refreshed on 2026.10.08 · source: Wikidata
- Capital
- Vatican City
- Population
- 882 inh.
- Area
- 0 km²
- Currency
- EUR
- Regime
- papacy
Executive in office
Head of State
Léon XIV
Head of Government
Raffaella Petrini
Parliament
Commission pontificale pour l'État de la Cité du Vatican
7 seats
Chair Giuseppe Bertello
Inception 1939
National anthem
Inno e Marcia Pontificale
Alliances and organisations Institut · Wikidata
- OSCE
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Global attention Wikipedia · 90 days
The country's Wikipedia article is usually read 3,910 times a day (French and English). On 2026.10.07: 4,186, or ×1.1.
French + English French usual level 2026.07.10 · 2026.10.07 Wikimedia statistics (CC0), human users
Sources and freshness
- Executive, government, parliament, anthem · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-10-08
- Memberships · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · US Treasury (OFAC), SDN and non-SDN lists · list of 2026-10-02 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · United Kingdom, UK Sanctions List (FCDO) · list of 2026-10-07 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · European Union, consolidated financial sanctions list · list of 2026-09-22 · read on 2026-10-08
- Institute dossier (sanctions, treaties, visits, capabilities) · as of 2026-05-01
- Summary · Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0)