Province of Fermo
The Palazzo dei Prori in Fermo
Map with the province of Fermo, in red, in Italy
Coordinates: 43°9′37.51″N 13°43′5.16″E / 43.1604194°N 13.7181000°E / 43.1604194; 13.7181000Coordinates: 43°9′37.51″N 13°43′5.16″E / 43.1604194°N 13.7181000°E / 43.1604194; 13.7181000
• President
Aronne Perugini[1]
(1 January 2017)[3]
UTC+1 (CETU)
The Province of Fermo (Italian: Provincia di Fermo) is a province in the Marche region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Fermo.
It is a province since 2004 with parts of the province of Ascoli Piceno but it was in 2009 when it became an active province.
3 Municipalities
3.1 Main comuni
Geography[change | change source]
Map of the province
Fermo has an area of 862.77 km2 (333 sq mi), the smallest province of the Marche region.[2] The province is surrounded, by land, by two provinces of Marcheː the province of Macerata in the north and west and the province of Ascoli Piceno in the south; to the east is the Adriatic Sea on the east.
Places adjacent to Province of Fermo
Province of Macerata Adriatic Sea
Province of Macerata
Province of Ascoli Piceno
The main rivers in the province, from north to south, are (all of them flow to the east into tfe Adriatic Sea but Ete Morto)ː
Chienti - 91 km long; its mouth is near Civitanova Marche.
Tenna - 70 km long; its mouth is near Porto Sant'Elpidio.
Ete Morto - 40 km long; it is a tributary of the Chienti river.
Ete Vivo 35 km long; its mouth is near Porto San Giorgio.
Aso - 63 km long; its mouth is near Pedaso.
The highest mountain in the province is Monte Priora,(42°55′56″N 13°14′26″E / 42.93222°N 13.24056°E / 42.93222; 13.24056 (Monte Priora)) in the Apennines; it is 2,332 m (7,651 ft) high.[4]
Population[change | change source]
There are 174,849 persons living in the province (1 January 2017),[3] for a population density of 202.7 inhabitants/km².
Evolution of the population
Municipalities[change | change source]
There are 40 municipalities (or comuni) in the province; they are:
The largest comune is Fermo, with 124.53 km2 (48 sq mi) and the smallest is Pedaso, with 3.85 km2 (1 sq mi). The comune with fewest people living in it is Smerillo with 366 inhabitants.
Main comuni[change | change source]
The following table shows the 10 comuni with more inhabitants with their population,[3] and their area and altitude.[5]
1 Fermo 7004373960000000000♠37,396 124.53 300.3 319
2 Porto Sant'Elpidio 7004262700000000000♠26,270 18.13 1,449.0 4
3 Sant'Elpidio a Mare 7004170730000000000♠17,073 50.52 337.9 251
4 Porto San Giorgio 7004160660000000000♠16,066 8.79 1,827.8 4
5 Montegranaro 7004129250000000000♠12,925 31.42 411.4 279
6 Monte Urano 7003828000000000000♠8,280 16.72 495.2 247
7 Montegiorgio 7003678900000000000♠6,789 47.45 143.1 411
8 Amandola 7003362400000000000♠3,624 69.50 52.1 500
9 Altidona 7003341100000000000♠3,411 12.97 263.0 224
10 Grottazzolina 7003338200000000000♠3,382 9.26 365.2 227
Gallery[change | change source]
Piazza del Popolo, Fermo.
Cathedral of Fermo.
Villa Castellano, Porto Sant'Elpidio.
Sant'Elpidio a Mare.
List of comuni of the Province of Fermo
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Province of Fermo.
Wikivoyage has a travel guide about: Fermo (province)
↑ "Presidente" (in Italian). Provincia di Fermo. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
↑ 2.0 2.1 "Provincia di Fermo" (in Italian). Tuttitalia.it. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Statistiche demografiche ISTAT" (in Italian). Demo.istat.it. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
↑ "Monte Priora, Italy". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
↑ "Comuni in provincia di Fermo per popolazione" (in Italian). Tuttitalia.it. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
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