Ponte San Giovanni is a frazione

Frazione

A frazione , in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other administrative divisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere...

of the city of Perugia

Perugia

Perugia is the capital city of the region of Umbria in central Italy, near the River Tiber, and the capital of the province of Perugia. The city is located about north of Rome. It covers a high hilltop and part of the valleys around the area....

, Italy

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

. It has 13,296 inhabitants and is one of the largest and most populated neighbourhoods in the capital city of Umbria

Umbria

Umbria is a region of modern central Italy. It is one of the smallest Italian regions and the only peninsular region that is landlocked.Its capital is Perugia.Assisi and Norcia are historical towns associated with St. Francis of Assisi, and St...

. It is also the seat of the eighth ward of the city of Perugia.

The city has also its own football team, A.S.D. Pontevecchio

A.S.D. Pontevecchio

Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Pontevecchio are an Italian association football club located in Ponte San Giovanni, a suburb of Perugia, Umbria. They currently play in Serie D...

, currently playing in the Italian Serie D

Serie D

Serie D is the top level of the Italian non-professional football association called Lega Nazionale Dilettanti. The association represents over a million football players and thousands of football teams across Italy. Serie D ranks just below Lega Pro Seconda Divisione , and is thus considered the...

 (fifth tier) and is the birthplace of Italian top flight football manager Serse Cosmi

Serse Cosmi

However, after a disappointing series of results, including elimination in Champions League and results in Serie A much below the expected results, Cosmi was finally fired on February 10, 2006.-Brescia and Livorno:...

. The local citizens are called ponteggiani.