Province of Ancona

The **province of Ancona** () is a province in the Marche region of Central Italy. Its capital is the city of Ancona, and the province borders the Adriatic Sea. The city of Ancona is also the capital of Marche.

## Geography

Ancona has an area of . The province is bordered to the northeast and east by the Adriatic Sea, to the northwest by the province of Pesaro and Urbino, to the west with Umbria (province of Perugia) and to the south with the province of Macerata.

The main rivers in the province, from north to south, areː
- Cesano
- Misa
- Esino
- Musone

The highest point in the province is _Serra Santa-Cima Nord_,() in the Apennines; it is  high.

## Population

There are 474,124 persons living in the province (1 January 2017), for a population density of  inhabitants/km².

**Evolution of the population**

## Municipalities

There are 47 municipalities (or _comuni_) in the province; they are:

1. Agugliano
1. Ancona
1. Arcevia
1. Barbara
1. Belvedere Ostrense
1. Camerano
1. Camerata Picena
1. Castelbellino
1. Castelfidardo
1. Castelleone di Suasa
1. Castelplanio
1. Cerreto d'Esi
1. Chiaravalle
1. Corinaldo
1. Cupramontana
1. Fabriano
1. Falconara Marittima
1. Filottrano
1. Genga
1. Jesi
1. Loreto
1. Maiolati Spontini
1. Mergo
1. Monsano
1. Monte Roberto
1. Monte San Vito
1. Montecarotto
1. Montemarciano
1. Morro d'Alba
1. Numana
1. Offagna
1. Osimo
1. Ostra
1. Ostra Vetere
1. Poggio San Marcello
1. Polverigi
1. Rosora
1. San Marcello
1. San Paolo di Jesi
1. Santa Maria Nuova
1. Sassoferrato
1. Senigallia
1. Serra de' Conti
1. Serra San Quirico
1. Sirolo
1. Staffolo
1. Trecastelli

The largest _comune_ is Fabriano, with  and the smallest is Concamarise, with . Only two _comuni_ have less than 1,000 inhabitants (2017)ː San Paolo di Jesi with 912 inhabitants, and Poggio San Marcello with 685 inhabitants.

### Main _comuni_

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

|No.|_Comune_|Population <small>(2017)</small> !! Area <small>(km²)</small> !! Density !! Altitude <small>(m)</small>||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Ancona||124.84||16|
|2|Senigallia||117.77||5|
|3|Jesi||108.90||97|
|4|Osimo||106.74||265|
|5|Fabriano||272.08||325|
|6|Falconara Marittima||25.82||5|
|7|Castelfidardo||33.39||199|
|8|Chiaravalle||17.60||22|
|9|Loreto||17.90||127|
|10|Montemarciano||22.31||92|

## Related pages

- List of comuni of the Province of Ancona

## Other websites

- Province of Ancona official website

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Province of Ancona
- **native name lang**: it
- **settlement type**: Provinces of Italy, Province
- **image skyline**: AnconaIII.JPG
- **image alt**: Piazza del Plebiscito
- **image caption**: _Piazza del Plebiscito_, Ancona
- **image map**: Ancona in Italy.svg
- **map alt**: Map with the province of Ancona in Italy
- **map caption**: Map with the province of Ancona, in red, in Italy
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: Regions of Italy, Region
- **subdivision name1**: Marche
- **seat type**: Capital
- **seat**: Ancona
- **parts type**: Comune, Comuni
- **parts style**: para
- **p1**: 47
- **leader title**: President
- **leader name**: Liana Serrani
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area total km2**: 1963.22
- **population total**: 474124
- **population as of**: 1 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**: 60100
- **area code type**: Telephone prefix
- **area code**: 071
- **registration plate**: Italian car number plates, AN
- **blank name sec1**: Istituto Nazionale di Statistica, ISTAT
- **blank info sec1**: 042
- **website**: [http://www.provincia.ancona.it/ Official website]