---
title: "Hamrun"
description: "Hamrun"
url: "https://en.geneanum.com/malta/documents/geography/ile-de-malte/hamrun"
language: en
source: "Digital Genealogy"
---

# Hamrun

## Overview

![Locality of Hamrun in Malta](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Hamrun-map.svg/250px-Hamrun-map.svg.png "Locality of Hamrun in Malta")**Il-Ħamrun**, also known as **Ħamrun**, is a town in the inner harbour region of Malta, with a population of over 11,000 inhabitants.

In the mid-XIX^(th) century, the area began to develop and was known as St Joseph Village (Casale San Giuseppe). The main street is still called St Joseph Street to this day. In 1875, a new church, dedicated to St Cajetan, opened its doors and was elevated to parish status in 1881, thus becoming a village in its own right. In that same decade, the government decreed that the village should adopt its popular name, Ħamrun, as its official name.

### Other names

Il-Ħamrun, Ħamrun

> Source:  
> [Wikipedia](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Il-%C4%A6amrun "Wikipedia")