The province of L'Aquila () is a province in the Abruzzo region of Southern Italy. Its capital is the city of L'Aquila.

It is the largest province of the region but the one with fewest people living in it; it is a landlocked province, that is, surrounded by other provinces by all sides.

Geography

L'Aquila is the largest province in the Abruzzo region with almost half of the area of the region; it has area of . The province is bordered to the north with Tuscany, to the northeast by the province of Teramo, to the east by the Pescara and Province of Chieti provinces, to the south and southeast with the Molise region (province of Isernia), and to the west and southwest by the Lazio region (province of Frosinone, Rome and province of Rieti).

The main river in the province is the Aterno-Pescara river, known here as Aterno; it starts in the Monti della Laga and flows through the province.

L'Aquila is the province of the Abruzzo region with more mountains; there are three mountain ranges that go from the northwest to the southeast, and that are parallels to the coastline: Monti della Gaga, Gran Sasso and Majella massif. The highest mountain in the province is Monte Amaro,() in the Majella massif, Apennines; it is  high and is the highest mountain of three provinces: Chieti, L'Aquila and Pescara of the Abruzzo.

Population
There are 301,910 persons living in the province (January 2017), for a population density of  inhabitants/km².

Evolution of the population

Municipalities 
There are 108 municipalities (or comuni) in the province; they are:

 Acciano
 Aielli
 Alfedena
 Anversa degli Abruzzi
 Ateleta
 Avezzano
 Balsorano
 Barete
 Barisciano
 Barrea
 Bisegna
 Bugnara
 Cagnano Amiterno
 Calascio
 Campo di Giove
 Campotosto
 Canistro
 Cansano
 Capestrano
 Capistrello
 Capitignano
 Caporciano
 Cappadocia
 Carapelle Calvisio
 Carsoli
 Castel del Monte
 Castel di Ieri
 Castel di Sangro
 Castellafiume
 Castelvecchio Calvisio
 Castelvecchio Subequo
 Celano
 Cerchio
 Civita d'Antino
 Civitella Alfedena
 Civitella Roveto	
 Cocullo
 Collarmele
 Collelongo
 Collepietro
 Corfinio
 Fagnano Alto
 Fontecchio
 Fossa
 Gagliano Aterno
 Gioia dei Marsi
 Goriano Sicoli
 Introdacqua
 L'Aquila
 Lecce nei Marsi
 Luco dei Marsi
 Lucoli
 Magliano de' Marsi
 Massa d'Albe
 Molina Aterno
 Montereale
 Morino
 Navelli
 Ocre
 Ofena
 Opi
 Oricola
 Ortona dei Marsi
 Ortucchio
 Ovindoli
 Pacentro
 Pereto
 Pescasseroli
 Pescina
 Pescocostanzo
 Pettorano sul Gizio
 Pizzoli	
 Poggio Picenze
 Prata d'Ansidonia
 Pratola Peligna
 Prezza
 Raiano
 Rivisondoli
 Rocca di Botte
 Rocca di Cambio
 Rocca di Mezzo
 Rocca Pia
 Roccacasale
 Roccaraso
 San Benedetto dei Marsi
 San Benedetto in Perillis
 San Demetrio ne' Vestini
 San Pio delle Camere
 San Vincenzo Valle Roveto
 Sant'Eusanio Forconese
 Sante Marie
 Santo Stefano di Sessanio
 Scanno
 Scontrone
 Scoppito
 Scurcola Marsicana
 Secinaro
 Sulmona
 Tagliacozzo
 Tione degli Abruzzi
 Tornimparte
 Trasacco
 Villa Sant'Angelo
 Villa Santa Lucia degli Abruzzi
 Villalago
 Villavallelonga
 Villetta Barrea
 Vittorito

The largest comune is L'Aquila, with  and the smallest is Villa Sant'Angelo, with . The comune with fewest people living in it is Carapelle Calvisio with 88 inhabitants.

Main comuni
The following table shows the 10 comuni with more inhabitants with their population, and their area and altitude.

Gallery

Related pages
 List of comuni of the Province of L'Aquila

References

Other websites

 Province of L'Aquila official website 

L'Aquila