Province of Viterbo

The **Province of Viterbo** () is a province in the Lazio region of Central Italy. Its capital is the city of Viterbo.

The province is also called _Tuscia_.

## History

The province of Viterbo was created in January of 1927 with part of the old _Province of Rome_. In March of the same, the comune of Monte Romano.

In 1928, five _comuni_ were added:  Montalto di Castro, Monterosi, Nepi, Oriolo Romano and Tarquinia.

## Geography

The province of Viterbo has an area of , making it the second largest province of the Lazio region.

The province is bordered to the northwest with Tuscany (Grosseto and Siena provinces), to the northeast with Umbria (Terni province), to the east with the Rieti province and to the south with Rome. The Tyrrhenian Sea is to the west.

The province is in the northwest of the Lazio region. Most of the territory of the province is flat or with small hills. The highest mountain in the province is Monte Cimino (), in the southern part of the province, with an altitude of .

The main river in the province is the Tiber that forms the border between the Umbria (province of Terni) and Lazio (province of Viterbo) regions.

There are several lakes; the largest is the Bolsena lake with an area of .

## Administration

The following shows the _comuni_ of the province with more of 9,000 people living in them (1 January 2017).

|No.|ISTAT Code !!  _Comune_ !! Population <small>(2017)</small>|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|056059|Viterbo|67,488|
|2|056021|Civita Castellana|16,418|
|3|056050|Tarquinia|16,383|
|4|056057|Vetralla|14,031|
|5|056036|Montefiascone|13,454|
|6|056039|Nepi|9,620|

The largest _comune_ is Viterbo, with  and the two smallest are Calcata () and Villa San Giovanni in Tuscia (). The _comune_ with fewest people living in it is Tessennano with 339 inhabitants.

## Population

In 2017, there are 319,008 persons living in the province, for a population density of  inhabitants/km².

**Evolution of the population in the Viterbo province**

## Related pages

- List of communes of the Province of Viterbo

## Other websites

- Official Site

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Province of Viterbo
- **native name lang**: it
- **settlement type**: Provinces of Italy, Province
- **image skyline**: Viterbo Papi.jpg
- **image alt**: Viterbo, the Palace of the Popes
- **image caption**: Viterbo, the Palace of the Popes.
- **image shield**: Provincia di Viterbo-Stemma.svg
- **image map**: Viterbo in Italy.svg
- **map alt**: Map with the province of Viterbo in Italy
- **map caption**: Map with the province of Viterbo, in red, in Italy
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: Regions of Italy, Region
- **subdivision name1**: Lazio
- **seat type**: Capital
- **seat**: Viterbo
- **parts type**: Comune, Comuni
- **parts style**: para
- **p1**: 60
- **leader title**: President
- **leader name**: Mauro Mazzola
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area total km2**: 3615.24
- **population total**: 319008
- **population as of**: January 2017
- **population density km2**: auto
- **timezone1**: Central European Time, CET
- **utc offset1**: +1
- **timezone1 dst**: Central European Summer Time, CEST
- **utc offset1 dst**: +2
- **postal code type**: Postal code
- **postal code**: 01100, 010xx
- **area code type**: Telephone prefix
- **area code**: 0761, 0763, 0766, 06
- **registration plate**: Italian car number plates, VT
- **blank name sec1**: Istituto Nazionale di Statistica, ISTAT
- **blank info sec1**: 056
- **website**: [http://www.provincia.viterbo.gov.it/ Official website]