Its bordering towns are Marsa, Luqa, Żebbuġ, Siġġiewi, Ħamrun, Birkirkara, Attard, Santa Venera and Balzan.

[2] Several other places in Malta derive their names from surnames, including Balzan, Attard and Ghaxaq.

When Qormi is mentioned for the first time in the year 1419, only two of twenty people with the surname Curmi lived in the village.

Bronze Age pottery was found in the area known as Stabal indicating presence of humans as early as 1500-800 BC.

[8] In the Middle Ages, Qormi started to grow and prosper, probably due to its proximity to the Grand Harbour and its central position.

[9] Qormi is likely to have suffered a period of decline during the Great Siege of Malta due to the proximity of the Turkish camp in Marsa.

Pietro Dusina, Malta's first Inquisitor and Apostolic Delegate, wrote his report of 1575 he records Qormi as being one of the active parishes administering a large area which today includes Ħamrun and even Valletta.

[11] In 1743 the town made a plea to Grand Master Manuel Pinto da Fonseca to elevate it to the level of a "city".

[9] The decree issued by Pinto said "Habita relatione, Terra Curmi erigmus In Civitatem, Imponentes el nomen Pinto", which means that the land of Qormi, to which he gave his own name Pinto, was then given higher dignity from a piece of land to a city, a fact which is now preserved in the locality's Latin motto: "Altior Ab Imo" (which means, rising from the low).

Following 1850 Qormi became one of the largest inhabited centres in Malta, with amenities such as water and electricity, which were somewhat rare in those times.

Trade and crafts grew, especially Horse racing which is a hobby that Maltese often attribute to people from Qormi.

In World War II, people from Qormi formed part of the Armed Forces.

Qormi, although close, is not exactly in the Grand Harbour region, making it ideal for refuge in those times.

This led to many Qormi citizens carrying the name of Ġorġ (George) and Bastjan (Sebastian) and their equivalents and derivatives.

It boasts the largest number of bakeries in the country, several of which still operate in the traditional manner using wood-fired ovens.

On the third edition of the Malta National Spring Festival in 2011, some Qormi Bakers baked the biggest loaf in the world which weighed two tons and had a diameter of nine feet.

The origins of this parish go back to a statue to the saint erected as an act of thanksgiving for deliverance during the plague of 1813 and a small church built in 1880.

The town is also known for its Good Friday procession from the church of Saint George which features a number of life-size statues and over 500 participants.

This committee is responsible for a large number of activities, which raise funds for the organization of the local fiesta.

Known in Maltese as Żoni (Zones), Naħat (Sides) or Inħawi (Areas), Qormi is composed of the following neighbourhoods, separated into two different Parroċċi (Parishes), which also denote geographical areas: Parroċċa San Ġorġ (Parruċċa San Ġorġ) This is the old village core of Qormi.

The area has a small number of bars, cafes and food take away joints, together with grocery shops, stationeries, and other public amenities.