Province of Ascoli Piceno

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

## Geography

Ascoli Piceno has an area of . The province is bordered to the east by the Adriatic Sea and to the north with the provinces of  Macerata and Fermo. It borders with three regionsː the Abruzzo region to the south, the Lazio region to the soutwest and the Umbria region to the west.

The main river in the province is Tronto,  long and the highest mountain is Monte Vettore (), with an altitude of .

## Population

There are 209,450 persons living in the province (1 January 2017). The population density was  inhabitants/km².

**Evolution of the population**

## Municipalities

There are 33 municipalities (or _comuni_) in the province; they are:

1. Acquasanta Terme
1. Acquaviva Picena
1. Appignano del Tronto
1. Arquata del Tronto
1. Ascoli Piceno
1. Carassai
1. Castel di Lama
1. Castignano
1. Castorano
1. Colli del Tronto
1. Comunanza
1. Cossignano
1. Cupra Marittima
1. Folignano
1. Force
1. Grottammare
1. Maltignano
1. Massignano
1. Monsampolo del Tronto
1. Montalto delle Marche
1. Montedinove
1. Montefiore dell'Aso
1. Montegallo
1. Montemonaco
1. Monteprandone
1. Offida
1. Palmiano
1. Ripatransone
1. Roccafluvione
1. Rotella
1. San Benedetto del Tronto
1. Spinetoli
1. Venarotta

The largest _comune_ is Ascoli Piceno, with  and the smallest is Colli del Tronto, with . The _comune_ with fewest inhabitants is Palmiano, with 188 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|Ascoli Piceno||158.02||154|
|2|San Benedetto del Tronto||18.00||4|
|3|Grottammare||158.02||4|
|4|Monteprandone||26.38||273|
|5|Folignano||14.86||319|
|6|Castel di Lama||10.98||201|
|7|Spinetoli||12.58||177|
|8|Cupra Marittima||17.34||4|
|9|Offida||49.60||293|
|10|Monsampolo del Tronto||15.43||158|

## Related pages

- List of comuni of the Province of Ascoli Piceno

## Other websites

- Province of Ascoli Piceno official website

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Province of Ascoli Piceno
- **native name lang**: it
- **settlement type**: Provinces of Italy, Province
- **image skyline**: 544AscoliPPrefettura.JPG
- **image alt**: Palazzo del Governo in Ascoli Piceno
- **image caption**: _Palazzo del Governo_ in Ascoli Piceno, the provincial seat.
- **image shield**: Provincia di Ascoli Piceno-Stemma.svg
- **image map**: Ascoli Piceno in Italy.svg
- **map alt**: Map of Ascoli Piceno
- **map caption**: Map highlighting, in red, the province of Ascoli Piceno in Italy
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: Italy
- **subdivision type1**: Region
- **subdivision name1**: Marche
- **seat type**: Capital
- **seat**: Ascoli Piceno
- **parts type**: Comune, Comuni
- **parts style**: para
- **p1**: 33
- **leader title**: President
- **leader name**: Paolo D'Erasmo
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area total km2**: 1228.27
- **population total**: 209450
- **population as of**: 1 November 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**: 63100
- **area code type**: Telephone prefix
- **area code**: 0736
- **registration plate**: Italian car number plates, MC
- **blank name sec1**: Istituto Nazionale di Statistica, ISTAT
- **blank info sec1**: 044
- **website**: [http://www.provincia.ap.it/ Official website]