Corps of Gendarmerie of Vatican City
| Gendarmerie Corps of Vatican City State Corpo della Gendarmeria dello Stato della Città del Vaticano (Italian) | |
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| Motto | Fides et Virtus Faith and courage |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1816 |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| National agency | Vatican City State |
| Operations jurisdiction | Vatican City State |
| Size | 0.49 km2 (0.19 sq mi) |
| Population | 836 (2012) |
| Governing body | Governorate of the Vatican City State |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | via del Pellegrino, Vatican City |
| Sworn members | 122 (in 2022) |
| Agency executive | |
| Notables | |
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| Website | |
| Corpo della Gendarmeria | |
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The Gendarmerie Corps of Vatican City State (Italian: Corpo della Gendarmeria dello Stato della Città del Vaticano; Latin: Corpus Gendarmeriae Urbis Vaticanae) is the gendarmerie, or military police and security force, of Vatican City, Holy See and its extraterritorial properties. It was founded in 1816 as Corps of Gendarmes by Pope Pius VII, renamed the Central Security Office in 1970, the Security Corps in 1991, and was restored to its original name in 2002.