Province of Terni

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

## History

The province of Terni was created in 1927 when the old _Province of the Umbria_, created in 1860, was divided in two provinces, the Perugia and Terni provinces.

## Geography

The province of Terni has an area of , one-third of both the area and population of the Umbria region.

The province is bordered to the north with the province of Perugia, to the east, south and west with the Lazio (the Rieti and Viterbo provinces) and to north-west with the Tuscany (province of Siena).

The province is in the southwest of the Umbria region, in the last part of the Nera river valley near the confluence with the Velino river, and the eastern part of the valley of the Tiber river.

The highest mountain in the province is Monte Aspra (), in the eastern part of the province, with an altitude of .

There are two fluvial parks, to protect two rivers and their areas around them, in the province of Terni: _Parco fluviale del Tevere_ ("Fluvial park of the Tiber") and  _Parco fluviale del Nera_ ("Fluvial park of the Nera").

## Population

, there are 229,071 persons living in the province, for a population density of  inhabitants/km².

## Administration

The province of Terni has 33 _comuni_. There are only four _comuni_ with more than 10,000 people living in them; they areː
|_Comune_|Population|Area (km²) !! Population density|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Terni|111,501|212.43||
|align=left|Orvieto|20,630|281.27||
|align=left|Narni|19,785|197.99||
|align=left|Amelia|11,897|132.50||

The largest _comune_ is Orvieto, with  and the three smallest are Attigliano (), Montefranco () and Penna in Teverina (). Only two _comuni_ have less than 1,000 inhabitantsː Parrano with 534 inhabitants, and Polino with 233 inhabitants

## Related pages

- List of communes of the Province of Terni

## Other websites

- Official Site

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Province of Terni
- **native name lang**: it
- **settlement type**: Provinces of Italy, Province
- **image skyline**: Piazza_Tacito.jpg
- **image alt**: Palazzo Bazzani
- **image caption**: _Palazzo Bazzani_ in Terni, the provincial seat
- **image flag**: Flag of the province of Terni.svg
- **image shield**: Provincia di Terni-Stemma.svg
- **image map**: Terni in Italy.svg
- **map alt**: Map with the province of Terni in Italy
- **map caption**: Map with the province of Terni, in red, in Italy
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: Regions of Italy, Region
- **subdivision name1**: Umbria
- **seat type**: Capital
- **seat**: Terni
- **parts type**: Comune, Comuni
- **parts style**: para
- **p1**: 33
- **leader title**: President
- **leader name**: Leopoldo Di Girolamo
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area total km2**: 2127.18
- **population total**: 229071
- **population as of**: 31 December 2015
- **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**: 05010-05018, 05020-05026,
05028-05032, 05034-05035,
 05039, 05100
- **area code type**: Telephone prefix
- **area code**: 075, 0744, 0763
- **registration plate**: Italian car number plates, TR
- **blank name sec1**: Istituto Nazionale di Statistica, ISTAT
- **blank info sec1**: 055
- **website**: [http://www.provincia.terni.it/ Official website]