Province of Fermo

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

It is a province since 2004 with parts of the province of Ascoli Piceno but it was in 2009 when it became an active province.

## Geography

Fermo has an area of , the smallest province of the Marche region. The province is surrounded, by land, by two provinces of Marcheː the province of Macerata in the north and west and the province of Ascoli Piceno in the south; to the east is 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 tfe Adriatic Sea but Ete Morto)ː
- Chienti - 91 km long; its mouth is near Civitanova Marche.
- Tenna - 70 km long; its mouth is near Porto Sant'Elpidio.
- Ete Morto - 40 km long; it is a tributary of the Chienti river.
- Ete Vivo 35 km long; its mouth is near Porto San Giorgio.
- Aso - 63 km long; its mouth is near Pedaso.

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

## Population

There are 174,849 persons living in the province (1 January 2017), for a population density of  inhabitants/km².

**Evolution of the population**

## Municipalities

There are 40 municipalities (or _comuni_) in the province; they are:

1. Altidona
1. Amandola
1. Belmonte Piceno
1. Campofilone
1. Falerone
1. Fermo
1. Francavilla d'Ete
1. Grottazzolina
1. Lapedona
1. Magliano di Tenna
1. Massa Fermana
1. Monsampietro Morico
1. Montappone
1. Monte Giberto
1. Monte Rinaldo
1. Monte San Pietrangeli
1. Monte Urano
1. Monte Vidon Combatte
1. Monte Vidon Corrado
1. Montefalcone Appennino
1. Montefortino
1. Montegiorgio
1. Montegranaro
1. Monteleone di Fermo
1. Montelparo
1. Monterubbiano
1. Montottone
1. Moresco
1. Ortezzano
1. Pedaso
1. Petritoli
1. Ponzano di Fermo
1. Porto San Giorgio
1. Porto Sant'Elpidio
1. Rapagnano
1. Sant'Elpidio a Mare
1. Santa Vittoria in Matenano
1. Servigliano
1. Smerillo
1. Torre San Patrizio

The largest _comune_ is Fermo, with  and the smallest is Pedaso, with . The _comune_ with fewest people living in it is Smerillo with 366 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|Fermo||124.53||319|
|2|Porto Sant'Elpidio||18.13||4|
|3|Sant'Elpidio a Mare||50.52||251|
|4|Porto San Giorgio||8.79||4|
|5|Montegranaro||31.42||279|
|6|Monte Urano||16.72||247|
|7|Montegiorgio||47.45||411|
|8|Amandola||69.50||500|
|9|Altidona||12.97||224|
|10|Grottazzolina||9.26||227|

## Related pages

- List of comuni of the Province of Fermo

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Province of Fermo
- **native name**: Provincia di Fermo
- **native name lang**: it
- **settlement type**: Provinces of Italy, Province
- **image skyline**: Fermo, Marche, Italy Palazzo dei Prori.jpg
- **image alt**: The Prori Palace, Fermo
- **image caption**: The _Palazzo dei Prori_ in Fermo
- **image shield**: Provincia di Fermo-Stemma.svg
- **image map**: Fermo in Italy.svg
- **map alt**: Map with the province of Fermo in Italy
- **map caption**: Map with the province of Fermo, in red, in Italy
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: Regions of Italy, Region
- **subdivision name1**: Marche
- **seat type**: Capital
- **seat**: Fermo
- **parts type**: Comune, Comuni
- **parts style**: para
- **p1**: 40
- **leader title**: President
- **leader name**: Aronne Perugini
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area total km2**: 862.77
- **population total**: 174849
- **population as of**: 1 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**: 63900
- **area code type**: Telephone prefix
- **area code**: 0734, 0736
- **registration plate**: Italian car number plates, FM
- **blank name sec1**: Istituto Nazionale di Statistica, ISTAT
- **blank info sec1**: 109
- **website**: [http://www.provincia.fermo.it/ Official website]