Title: Rieti Content: Rieti is a comune and city in the Lazio region, in central Italy. Rieti is the capital of the province of Rieti and of the historical region of Sabina. ==Geography== The town centre is on top of a small hill, in the southern edge of the plain of Rieti, at the bottom of Sabine mountains and of monti Reatini. The plain was once a large lake, drained by the ancient Romans, and is now the fertile basin of the Velino river. The comune of has an area of , the largest comune in the province, and its altitude is above sea level. Rieti borders with the comuni Belmonte in Sabina, Cantalice, Casperia, Cittaducale, Colli sul Velino, Concerviano, Contigliano, Greccio, Longone Sabino, Micigliano, Monte San Giovanni in Sabina, Montenero Sabino, Poggio Bustone, Rivodutri, Roccantica, Torricella in Sabina and two comuni of the province Terni in the Umbria regionː Stroncone and Terni. ===Frazioni=== The following frazioni (hamlets) are part of Rietiː Castel San Benedetto, Case San Benedetto, Casette, Castelfranco, Cerchiara, Chiesa nuova, Cupaello, Lisciano, Lugnano, Maglianello, Moggio, Piè di Moggio, Poggio Fidoni, Piani Poggio Fidoni, Poggio Perugino, San Filippo, Piani San Filippo, San Giovanni Reatino, Sant'Elia, Piani Sant'Elia, Setteponti, Vaiano, Vazia. ==Population== , there are 47,552 persons (22,679 males and 24,873 females) living in the comune, for a population density of inhabitants/km². === Population evolution === Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.7) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8) ImageSize = width:450 height:300 PlotArea = left:50 bottom:30 top:30 right:30 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:50000 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:10000 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:5000 start:0 BackgroundColors = canvas:sfondo BarData= bar:1961 text:1961 bar:1971 text:1971 bar:1981 text:1981 bar:1991 text:1991 bar:2001 text:2001 bar:2011 text:2011 bar:2017 text:2017 PlotData= color:barra width:30 align:left bar:1961 from:0 till: 35441 bar:1971 from:0 till: 39179 bar:1981 from:0 till: 43079 bar:1991 from:0 till: 43095 bar:2001 from:0 till: 43785 bar:2011 from:0 till: 46187 bar:2017 from:0 till: 47552 PlotData= bar:1961 at: 35441 fontsize:S text: 35,441 shift:(-12,5) bar:1971 at: 39179 fontsize:S text: 39,179 shift:(-15,5) bar:1981 at: 43079 fontsize:S text: 43,079 shift:(-15,5) bar:1991 at: 43095 fontsize:S text: 43,095 shift:(-15,5) bar:2001 at: 43785 fontsize:S text: 43,785 shift:(-15,5) bar:2011 at: 46187 fontsize:S text: 46,187 shift:(-15,5) bar:2017 at: 47552 fontsize:S text: 47,552 shift:(-15,5) ==Gallery== File:Rieti (9496040245).jpg|The Velino river through Rieti. File:Rieti - fiume Velino, chiesa di San Francesco, Terminillo.jpg|View of Rieti: Velino river, St. Francis church, Mount Terminillo. File:Ponte Romano di Rieti - primo piano - 3.jpg|Remains of the Roman bridge (3rd century BC). File:Palazzo Comunale, Rieti - facciata, 1.JPG|Palazzo Comunale (town hall of Rieti). File:Chiesa di Sant'Agostino, Rieti - esterno 04.jpg|St. Augustine church. ==Twinned and partner towns== Rieti is twinned with: * Ito, Japan, since 1985; * Saint- Pierre-lès-Elbeuf, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France, since 2000; * Nordhorn, Lower Saxony, Germany, since 2010. ==Related pages== * List of comuni of the Province of Rieti