Province of Rimini

The **Province of Rimini** () is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its largest town and capital is the city of Rimini.

The province of Rimini, with a long touristic tradition, is well known by the beach resorts of Rimini, Riccione, Bellaria-Igea Marina, Misano Adriatico and Cattolica, found over  along the coast of the Adriatic Sea.

## History

The province of Rimini was created in 1992 with parts of the former province of Forlì that changed its name to the present province of Forlì-Cesena.

After a referendum in 2006, the municipalities of Casteldelci, Maiolo, Novafeltria, Pennabilli, San Leo, Sant'Agata Feltria and Talamello were transferred from the Province of Pesaro and Urbino (Marche) to the Province of Rimini on 15 August 2009.

## Geography

The province of Rimini has an area of , the smallest province of the Emilia-Romagna. The territory of Rimini is divided into four zones:
1. The northwestern part of the province that is the final part of the Padan Plain or Po Valley, ().
1. A narrow strip along the Adriatic Sea; here is the capital of the province, Rimini.
1. A region of small hills in most of the western and southern parts of the province.
1. The Apennines mountain range is found in the soutwest of the province.

The province is bordered to the north by the Forlì-Cesena province, to the south by the Marche (Pesaro and Urbino province) and the Republic of San Marino, to the west by Tuscany (Arezzo province). To the east is the Adriatic Sea.

The main river in the province is the Marecchia, that starts in the Arezzo province and ends in the Adriatic Sea near the city of Rimini after a course of .

## Population

There are 336,786 persons living in the province (January 2017), for a population density of  inhabitants/km². The communes with more inhabitants are Rimini (148,908 inhabitants) and Riccione (34,965 inhabitants). The commune with fewest people living in it is Casteldelci, with 405 inhabitants.

## Administration

The following shows the 45 _comuni_ with the population, and the area and altitude.

|No.|_Comune_|Population <small>(2017)</small> !! Area <small>(km²)</small> !! Density !! Altitude||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Bellaria-Igea Marina||18.17||3|
|2|Casteldelci||49.68||618|
|3|Cattolica||6.20||12|
|4|Coriano||46.77||102|
|5|Gemmano||18.85||404|
|6|Maiolo||24.28||590|
|7|Misano Adriatico||22.35||3|
|8|Mondaino||19.84||400|
|9|Montefiore Conca||22.32||385|
|10|Montegridolfo||6.94||290|
|11|Montescudo-Monte Colombo||32.35||328|
|12|Morciano di Romagna||5.44||83|
|13|Novafeltria||41.84||275|
|14|Pennabilli||69.80||629|
|15|Poggio Torriana||34.74||155|
|16|Riccione||17.50||12|
|17|Rimini||135.71||5|
|18|Saludecio||34.27||343|
|19|San Clemente||20.70||179|
|20|San Giovanni in Marignano||21.37||29|
|21|San Leo||53.14||589|
|22|Sant'Agata Feltria||79.74||607|
|23|Santarcangelo di Romagna||45.01||42|
|24|Talamello||10.59||386|
|25|Verucchio||27.30||300|

## Other websites

- Provincia di Rimini homepage

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Province of Rimini
- **native name lang**: it
- **settlement type**: Provinces of Italy, Province
- **image skyline**: Palazzo Garampi, RImini Italy.JPG
- **image alt**: Palazzo Garampi, Rimini
- **image caption**: Palazzo Garampi, Rimini
- **shield size**: 75px
- **image map**: Rimini in Italy.svg
- **map alt**: Map with the province of Rimini in Italy
- **map caption**: Map with the province of Rimini, in red, in Italy
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: Regions of Italy, Region
- **subdivision name1**: Emilia-Romagna
- **established title**: Province
- **established date**: 1992
- **seat type**: Capital city, Capital
- **seat**: Rimini
- **parts type**: _Comune, Comuni_
- **parts style**: para
- **p1**: 25
- **leader title**: President
- **leader name**: Andrea Gnassi
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area total km2**: 864.88
- **population total**: 336786
- **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**: 47811-47814, 47821-47828, 47831-47838, 47841-47843, 47851-47855, 47900
- **area code type**: Telephone prefix
- **area code**: 0541
- **iso code**: IT-RN
- **registration plate**: Italian car number plates, RN
- **blank name sec1**: Istituto Nazionale di Statistica, ISTAT
- **blank info sec1**: 099
- **website**: [http://www.provincia.rimini.it/ Official website]