Province of Macerata

The **Province of Macerata** () is a province in the region of Marche in Italy. Its capital is the city of Macerata.

## Geography

Macerata is the largest of provinces of the Marche, with an area of . The province is bordered to the east by the Adriatic Sea and to the west by the Umbria region (Province of Perugia). It is the only province of the Marche that borders with other three provinces of the same regionː the Ancona to the north,  Ascoli Piceno to the southwest and the  Fermo to the south.

The main rivers in the province areː
- Chienti,  long
- Potenza,  long.

## Population

There are 318,921 persons living in the province (1 January 2017), for a population density of  inhabitants/km².

**Evolution of the population**

## Municipalities

There are 55 municipalities (or _comuni_) in the province; they are:

1. Apiro
1. Appignano
1. Belforte del Chienti
1. Bolognola
1. Caldarola
1. Camerino
1. Camporotondo di Fiastrone
1. Castelraimondo
1. Castelsantangelo sul Nera
1. Cessapalombo
1. Cingoli
1. Civitanova Marche
1. Colmurano
1. Corridonia
1. Esanatoglia
1. Fiastra
1. Fiuminata
1. Gagliole
1. Gualdo
1. Loro Piceno
1. Macerata
1. Matelica
1. Mogliano
1. Monte Cavallo
1. Monte San Giusto
1. Monte San Martino
1. Montecassiano
1. Montecosaro
1. Montefano
1. Montelupone
1. Morrovalle
1. Muccia
1. Penna San Giovanni
1. Petriolo
1. Pieve Torina
1. Pioraco
1. Poggio San Vicino
1. Pollenza
1. Porto Recanati
1. Potenza Picena
1. Recanati
1. Ripe San Ginesio
1. San Ginesio
1. San Severino Marche
1. Sant'Angelo in Pontano
1. Sarnano
1. Sefro
1. Serrapetrona
1. Serravalle di Chienti
1. Tolentino
1. Treia
1. Urbisaglia
1. Ussita
1. Valfornace
1. Visso

The largest _comune_ is San Severino Marche, with  and the smallest is Camporotondo di Fiastrone, with . The two _Comune|comuni_ with fewest people living in it are Bolognola, with 137 inhabitants, and Monte Cavallo, with 133 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|Civitanova Marche||46.07||3|
|2|Macerata||92.53||315|
|3|Recanati||103.46||293|
|4|Tolentino||95.12||228|
|5|Potenza Picena||48.55||237|
|6|Corridonia||61.97||255|
|7|San Severino Marche||194.26||235|
|8|Porto Recanati||17.25||6|
|9|Cingoli||148.20||631|
|10|Morrovalle||42.58||245|

## Related pages

- List of comuni of the Province of Macerata

## Other websites

- Province of Macerata official website

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Province of Macerata
- **native name lang**: it
- **settlement type**: Provinces of Italy, Province
- **image skyline**: 326MacerataPalazzoStudi.JPG
- **image alt**: Palazzo degli Studi in Macerata
- **image caption**: _Palazzo degli Studi_ in Macerata, the provincial seat.
- **image shield**: Provincia di Macerata-Stemma.svg
- **image map**: Macerata in Italy.svg
- **map alt**: Map with the province of Macerata in Italy
- **map caption**: Map with the province of Macerata, in red, in Italy
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: Regions of Italy, Region
- **subdivision name1**: Marche
- **seat type**: Capital
- **seat**: Macerata
- **parts type**: Comune, Comuni
- **parts style**: para
- **p1**: 55
- **leader title**: President
- **leader name**: Antonio Pettinari
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area total km2**: 2779.34
- **population total**: 318921
- **population as of**: January 2017
- **population density km2**: auto
- **timezone1**: Central European Time, CETU
- **utc offset1**: +1
- **timezone1 dst**: Central European Summer Time, CEST
- **utc offset1 dst**: +2
- **postal code type**: Postal code
- **postal code**: 62100
- **area code type**: Telephone prefix
- **area code**: 0733
- **registration plate**: Italian car number plates, MC
- **blank name sec1**: Istituto Nazionale di Statistica, ISTAT
- **blank info sec1**: 043
- **website**: [http://www.provincia.mc.it/ Official website]