Province of Pesaro and Urbino

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

The province is also known as "Riviera of Hills". It is mostly covered by hills and is popular for its beaches.

## Geography

Pesaro and Urbino has an area of , the second largest province of the Marche after the Macerata province. The province is surrounded by the state of San Marino and Emilia-Romagna in the north, Umbria and Tuscany in the west, Ancona in the south and the Adriatic Sea on the east.

The main rivers in the province, from north to south, are (all of them flow to the east into the Adriatic Sea)ː
- Conca - 47 km long; its mouth is between Cattolica and Misano Adriatico.
- Foglia - 90 km long; its mouth is in Pesaro.
- Metauro 121 km long; its mouth is in Fano.
- Cesano - 62 km long; it forms partially the limit with the province of Ancona and its mouth is near Senigallia.

The highest mountain in the province is _Monte Catria_,() in the Apennines; it is  high.

## Population

There are 360,711 persons living in the province (1 January 2017), for a population density of  inhabitants/km².

**Evolution of the population**

## Municipalities

There are 54 municipalities (or _comuni_) in the province; they are:

1. Acqualagna
1. Apecchio
1. Auditore
1. Belforte all'Isauro
1. Borgo Pace
1. Cagli
1. Cantiano
1. Carpegna
1. Cartoceto
1. Colli al Metauro
1. Fano
1. Fermignano
1. Fossombrone
1. Fratte Rosa
1. Frontino
1. Frontone
1. Gabicce Mare
1. Gradara
1. Isola del Piano
1. Lunano
1. Macerata Feltria
1. Mercatello sul Metauro
1. Mercatino Conca
1. Mombaroccio
1. Mondavio
1. Mondolfo
1. Monte Cerignone
1. Monte Grimano Terme
1. Monte Porzio
1. Montecalvo in Foglia
1. Monteciccardo
1. Montecopiolo
1. Montefelcino
1. Montelabbate
1. Peglio
1. Pergola
1. Pesaro
1. Petriano
1. Piandimeleto
1. Pietrarubbia
1. Piobbico
1. San Costanzo
1. San Lorenzo in Campo
1. Sant'Angelo in Vado
1. Sant'Ippolito
1. Sassocorvaro
1. Sassofeltrio
1. Serra Sant'Abbondio
1. Tavoleto
1. Tavullia
1. Terre Roveresche
1. Urbania
1. Urbino
1. Vallefoglia

The largest _comune_ is Urbino, with  and the smallest is Gabicce Mare, with . The _comune_ with fewest people living in it is Frontino with 293 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|Pesaro||126.77||11|
|2|Fano||121.84||12|
|3|Vallefoglia||39.57||280|
|4|Urbino||226.50||485|
|5|Mondolfo||22.82||144|
|6|Colli al Metauro||46.17||66|
|7|Fossombrone||106.88||118|
|8|Cagli||226.46||276|
|9|Fermignano||43.70||200|
|10|Tavullia||42.07||170|

## Twinned and partner towns

The province of Pesaro and Urbino is twinned with:
- Wolfsburg, Germany

## Related pages

- List of comuni of the Province of Pesaro and Urbino

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Province of Pesaro and Urbino
- **native name**: Pesaro e Urbino
- **native name lang**: it
- **settlement type**: Provinces of Italy, Province
- **image skyline**: PalazzoDucaleUrbino.JPG
- **image alt**: The Ducal Palace, Urbino
- **image caption**: The Ducal Palace of Urbino
- **image flag**: Flag of the province of Pesaro-Urbino.svg
- **image shield**: Provincia di Pesaro e Urbino-Stemma.svg
- **image map**: Pesaro-Urbino in Italy.svg
- **map alt**: Map with the province of Pesaro and Urbino in Italy
- **map caption**: Map with the province of Pesaro and Urbino, in red, in Italy
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: Regions of Italy, Region
- **subdivision name1**: Marche
- **seat type**: Capital
- **seat**: Pesaro
- **parts type**: Comune, Comuni
- **parts style**: para
- **p1**: 54
- **leader title**: President
- **leader name**: Daniele Tagliolini
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area total km2**: 2567.78
- **population total**: 360711
- **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**: 61100
- **area code type**: Telephone prefix
- **area code**: 0721 Pesaro
0722 Urbino
- **registration plate**: Italian car number plates, PU
- **blank name sec1**: Istituto Nazionale di Statistica, ISTAT
- **blank info sec1**: 041
- **website**: [http://www.provincia.pu.it/ Official website]