Province of L'Aquila

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. It is almost half of the area of the region: it has area of . The province is bordered on the north by 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.
This population has been more or less stable for a long time.

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.

|No.|_Comune_|Population <small>(2017)</small> !! Area <small>(km²)</small> !! Density !! Altitude <small>(m)</small>||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|L'Aquila||473.91||714|
|2|Avezzano||104.09||695|
|3|Sulmona||57.93||405|
|4|Celano||82.80||800|
|5|Pratola Peligna||28.67||342|
|6|Tagliacozzo||87.46||740|
|7|Castel di Sangro||84.44||793|
|8|Trasacco||51.44||685|
|9|Luco dei Marsi||44.87||680|
|10|Carsoli||95.80||616|

## Related pages

- List of comuni of the Province of L'Aquila

## Other websites

- Province of L'Aquila official website

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Province of L'Aquila
- **native name lang**: it
- **settlement type**: Provinces of Italy, Province
- **image skyline**: L%27Aquila_Piazza_del_Duomo_2007_by-RaBoe.jpg
- **image alt**: Piazza del Duomo at L'Aquila.
- **image caption**: _Piazza del Duomo_ at L'Aquila.
- **image flag**: Flag of the Province of L'Aquila.svg
- **image shield**: Provincia dell'Aquila-Stemma.svg
- **image map**: L'Aquila in Italy.svg
- **map alt**: Map with the province of L'Aquila in Italy
- **map caption**: Map with the province of L'Aquila, in red, in Italy
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: Regions of Italy, Region
- **subdivision name1**: Abruzzo
- **seat type**: Capital
- **seat**: L'Aquila
- **parts type**: Comune, Comuni
- **parts style**: para
- **p1**: 108
- **leader title**: President
- **leader name**: Angelo Caruso
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area total km2**: 5047.55
- **population total**: 301910
- **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**: 67100, 67010, 67012-67015, 67017, 67019-67041, 67043-67064, 67066-67069
- **area code type**: Telephone prefix
- **area code**: 0862, 0863, 0864
- **iso code**: IT-AQ
- **registration plate**: Italian car number plates, AQ
- **blank name sec1**: Istituto Nazionale di Statistica, ISTAT
- **blank info sec1**: 066
- **website**: [http://www.provincialaquila.info/ Official website]