Province of Macerata
The Province of Macerata (Italian: Provincia di Macerata) is a province in the region of Marche in Italy. Its capital is the city of Macerata.
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 Coat of arms | |
 Map with the province of Macerata, in red, in Italy | |
| Coordinates: 43°18′0.90″N 13°27′11.89″E / 43.3002500°N 13.4533028°ECoordinates: 43°18′0.90″N 13°27′11.89″E / 43.3002500°N 13.4533028°E | |
| Country |  Italy |
| Region | Marche |
| Capital | Macerata |
| Comuni | 55 |
| Government | |
| • President | Antonio Pettinari[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,779.34 km2 (1,073.11 sq mi) |
| Population (January 2017)[3] | |
| • Total | 318,921 |
| • Density | 114.7470/km2 (297.1934/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CETU) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 62100 |
| Vehicle registration | MC |
| ISTAT | 043 |
| Website | Official website |
Geography
Macerata is the largest of provinces of the Marche, with an area of 2,779.34 km2 (1,073 sq mi).[2] The province is bordered to the east by the Adriatic Sea and to the west by the Umbria region (Province of Perugia). It is the only province of the Marche that borders with other three provinces of the same regionː the Ancona to the north, Ascoli Piceno to the southwest and the Fermo to the south.
The main rivers in the province areː
Population
There are 318,921 persons living in the province (1 January 2017),[3] for a population density of 114.7 inhabitants/km².
Evolution of the population
Municipalities
There are 55 municipalities (or comuni) in the province; they are:
- Apiro
- Appignano
- Belforte del Chienti
- Bolognola
- Caldarola
- Camerino
- Camporotondo di Fiastrone
- Castelraimondo
- Castelsantangelo sul Nera
- Cessapalombo
- Cingoli
- Civitanova Marche
- Colmurano
- Corridonia
- Esanatoglia
- Fiastra
- Fiuminata
- Gagliole
- Gualdo
- Loro Piceno
- Macerata
- Matelica
- Mogliano
- Monte Cavallo
- Monte San Giusto
- Monte San Martino
- Montecassiano
- Montecosaro
- Montefano
- Montelupone
- Morrovalle
- Muccia
- Penna San Giovanni
- Petriolo
- Pieve Torina
- Pioraco
- Poggio San Vicino
- Pollenza
- Porto Recanati
- Potenza Picena
- Recanati
- Ripe San Ginesio
- San Ginesio
- San Severino Marche
- Sant'Angelo in Pontano
- Sarnano
- Sefro
- Serrapetrona
- Serravalle di Chienti
- Tolentino
- Treia
- Urbisaglia
- Ussita
- Valfornace
- Visso
The largest comune is San Severino Marche, with 194.26 km2 (75 sq mi) and the smallest is Camporotondo di Fiastrone, with 8.81 km2 (3 sq mi). The two Comune|comuni with fewest people living in it are Bolognola, with 137 inhabitants, and Monte Cavallo, with 133 inhabitants.
Main comuni
The following table shows the 10 comuni with more inhabitants with their population,[3] and their area and altitude.[4]
| No. | Comune | Population (2017) |
Area (km²) |
Density | Altitude (m) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Civitanova Marche | 42,251 | 46.07 | 917.1 | 3 |
| 2 | Macerata | 42,209 | 92.53 | 456.2 | 315 |
| 3 | Recanati | 21,241 | 103.46 | 205.3 | 293 |
| 4 | Tolentino | 19,831 | 95.12 | 208.5 | 228 |
| 5 | Potenza Picena | 15,836 | 48.55 | 326.2 | 237 |
| 6 | Corridonia | 15,461 | 61.97 | 249.5 | 255 |
| 7 | San Severino Marche | 12,630 | 194.26 | 65.0 | 235 |
| 8 | Porto Recanati | 12,571 | 17.25 | 728.8 | 6 |
| 9 | Cingoli | 10,289 | 148.20 | 69.4 | 631 |
| 10 | Morrovalle | 10,150 | 42.58 | 238.4 | 245 |
Gallery
Sferisterio, Macerata.
Civitanova Marche.
Recanati.
Piazza della Libertà, Tolentino.
Castle of Monte Nero, San Severino Marche.
Related pages
References
- ↑ "Presidente" (in Italian). Provincia di Macerata. Archived from the original on 18 March 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Provincia di Macerata" (in Italian). Tuttitalia.it. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Statistiche demografiche ISTAT" (in Italian). Demo.istat.it. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Comuni in provincia di Macerata per popolazione" (in Italian). Tuttitalia.it. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
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Other websites
Macerata (province) travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Province of Macerata official website (in Italian)