Province of Rieti

The **Province of Rieti** () is a province in the Lazio region of Central Italy. Its capital is the city of Rieti.

## History

The province of Rieti was created in January of 1927 with parts of the provinces of Rome and L'Aquila.

## Geography

The province of Rieti has an area of , the second smallest province of the Lazio region.

The province is in the northeast of the Lazio region. It borders to the west, along the Tiber river, with the Viterbo province and the Rome, to the north with the Umbria region (provinces of Perugia and Terni), and to the east by Province of Ascoli Piceno in the Marche region, and with the provinces of L'Aquila and Teramo in the Abruzzo region.

The territory of the province is mostly mountainous with the _Monti Sabini_ and _Monti Reatini_ to the north, on the border with the Umbria region; the _Monti Terminillo_ and the _Monti della Laga_ to the east; and the _Monti del Cicolano_ and _Monti della Duchessa_ to the southeast.

The highest mountain in the province is Monte Gorzano (), in the _Monti della Laga_ in the eastern part of the province along the border with the Teramo province, with an altitude of .

The main rivers in the province are:
- Tiber;
- Velino, tributary of the Nera, 90 km long;
- Salto, tributary of the Velino, 55 km long;
- Turano, tributary of the Velino, 70 km long;
- Corno, tributary of the Nera, 56 km long.

There are several artificial lakes; the largest is the _Lago del Salto_ with an area of .

## Population

, there are 157,429 persons living in the province, for a population density of  inhabitants/km².

**Evolution of the population in the province of Rieti**

## Administration

There are 73 municipalities (or _comuni_) in the province; they are:

1. Accumoli
1. Amatrice
1. Antrodoco
1. Ascrea
1. Belmonte in Sabina
1. Borbona
1. Borgo Velino
1. Borgorose
1. Cantalice
1. Cantalupo in Sabina
1. Casaprota
1. Casperia
1. Castel di Tora
1. Castel Sant'Angelo
1. Castelnuovo di Farfa
1. Cittaducale
1. Cittareale
1. Collalto Sabino
1. Colle di Tora
1. Collegiove
1. Collevecchio
1. Colli sul Velino
1. Concerviano
1. Configni
1. Contigliano
1. Cottanello
1. Fara in Sabina
1. Fiamignano
1. Forano
1. Frasso Sabino
1. Greccio
1. Labro
1. Leonessa
1. Longone Sabino
1. Magliano Sabina
1. Marcetelli
1. Micigliano
1. Mompeo
1. Montasola
1. Monte San Giovanni in Sabina
1. Montebuono
1. Monteleone Sabino
1. Montenero Sabino
1. Montopoli di Sabina
1. Morro Reatino
1. Nespolo
1. Orvinio
1. Paganico Sabino
1. Pescorocchiano
1. Petrella Salto
1. Poggio Bustone
1. Poggio Catino
1. Poggio Mirteto
1. Poggio Moiano
1. Poggio Nativo
1. Poggio San Lorenzo
1. Posta
1. Pozzaglia Sabina
1. Rieti
1. Rivodutri
1. Rocca Sinibalda
1. Roccantica
1. Salisano
1. Scandriglia
1. Selci
1. Stimigliano
1. Tarano
1. Toffia
1. Torri in Sabina
1. Torricella in Sabina
1. Turania
1. Vacone
1. Varco Sabino

The largest _comune_ is Rieti, with  and the smallest is Frasso Sabino (). The _comune_ with fewest people living in it is Marcetelli with 89 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|Rieti||206.46||405|
|2|Fara in Sabina||54.96||482|
|3|Cittaducale||71.25||481|
|4|Poggio Mirteto||26.40||246|
|5|Borgorose||145.82||732|
|6|Montopoli di Sabina||37.94||331|
|7|Contigliano||53.55||488|
|8|Magliano Sabina||43.23||222|
|9|Forano||17.69||218|
|10|Scandriglia||63.35||535|

## Related pages

- List of communes of the Province of Rieti

## Other websites

- Official Site

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Province of Rieti
- **native name lang**: it
- **settlement type**: Provinces of Italy, Province
- **image skyline**: Palazzo d'Oltre Velino - esterno 06.jpg
- **image alt**: Palazzo d'Oltre Velino
- **image caption**: Palazzo d'Oltre Velino, Rieti.
- **image flag**: Flag_of_the_province_of_Rieti.svg
- **image shield**: Provincia di Rieti-Stemma.svg
- **image map**: Rieti in Italy.svg
- **map alt**: Map with the province of Rieti in Italy
- **map caption**: Map with the province of Rieti, in red, in Italy
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: Regions of Italy, Region
- **subdivision name1**: Lazio
- **seat type**: Capital
- **seat**: Rieti
- **parts type**: Comune, Comuni
- **parts style**: para
- **p1**: 73
- **leader title**: President
- **leader name**: Giuseppe Rinaldi
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area total km2**: 2750.52
- **population total**: 157429
- **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**: 02100 Rieti, 02010-02048
- **area code type**: Telephone prefix
- **area code**: 0744, 0746, 0765
- **registration plate**: Italian car number plates, RI
- **blank name sec1**: Istituto Nazionale di Statistica, ISTAT
- **blank info sec1**: 057
- **website**: [http://www.provincia.rieti.it/ Official website]