Province of Ravenna

The **province of Ravenna** () is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region in Northeast Italy, on the Adriatic Sea. Its capital is the city of Ravenna.

## History

The province was created in 1859.

## Geography

The province of Ravenna is in the eastern part of the Emilia-Romagna region along the Adriatic Sea.

It has an area of . The provincial capital, the city of Ravenna, is at about  from the Adriatic Sea and at about  southeast of Bologna, the capital of the region.

The province borders the province of Ferrara to the north, the Metropolitan City of Bologna to the west, the province of Florence in Tuscany to the southwest and the province of Forlì-Cesena to the south.

The highest point in the province is _Monte Macchia dei Cani_ (); it is  high.

The main rivers in the province are:
- Reno - 211 km
- Lamone - 90 km
- Senio - 92 km
- Uniti - 12 km
    - Montone - 140 km
    - Bidente-Ronco - 135 km
- Bevano - 33 km
- Savio - 126 km

### Climate

The area in _Punta Marina Terme_ (part of the Ravenna Commune on the coast), at an altitude of about , is characterized by a climate with relatively high temperatures and precipitation throughout the year. The Köppen climate classification type for the climate at Punta Marina Terme is a "Humid Subtropical Climate" and of the subtype "**Cfa**".

The average amount of precipitation for the year in Punta Marina Terme is . The month with the most precipitation on average is November with  of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is February with an average of . There is an average of 71.0 days of precipitation, with the most precipitation days in November with 7.4 days and the least precipitation days in July with 4.4 days.

The average temperature for the year in Punta Marina Terme is . The warmest month, on average, is July with an average temperature of . The coolest month on average is January, with an average temperature of .

## Population

There are 391,414 persons living in the province (January 2017), for a population density of  inhabitants/km².

**Evolution of the population in the province**

## Administration

The following table shows the 18 _comuni_ with the population, and the area and altitude.

|No.|_Comune_|Population <small>(2017)</small> !! Area <small>(km²)</small> !! Density !! Altitude||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1.|Alfonsine||106.79||6|
|2.|Bagnacavallo||79.58||11|
|3.|Bagnara di Romagna||9.96||22|
|4.|Brisighella||194.33||115|
|5.|Casola Valsenio||84.42||195|
|6.|Castel Bolognese||32.37||42|
|7.|Cervia||82.27||5|
|8.|Conselice||60.20||6|
|9.|Cotignola||35.14||19|
|10.|Faenza||215.76||35|
|11.|Fusignano||24.55||9|
|12.|Lugo||117.06||12|
|13.|Massa Lombarda||37.25||13|
|14.|Ravenna||653.82||4|
|15.|Riolo Terme||44.26||98|
|16.|Russi||46.26||13|
|17.|Sant'Agata sul Santerno||9.37||14|
|18.|Solarolo||26.04||25|

## Other websites

- Provincia di Ravenna homepage
- Ravenna Intorno (Tourism website)

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Province of Ravenna
- **native name lang**: it
- **settlement type**: Provinces of Italy, Province
- **image skyline**: Ravenne piazza del popolo.JPG
- **image alt**: Piazza del Popolo, Ravenna
- **image caption**: _Piazza del Popolo_, Ravenna
- **image shield**: Provincia di Ravenna-Stemma.svg
- **image map**: Ravenna in Italy.svg
- **map alt**: Map with the province of Ravenna in Italy
- **map caption**: Map with the province of Ravenna, in red, in Italy
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: Regions of Italy, Region
- **subdivision name1**: Emilia-Romagna
- **seat type**: Capital city, Capital
- **seat**: Ravenna
- **parts type**: _Comune, Comuni_
- **parts style**: para
- **p1**: 18
- **leader title**: President
- **leader name**: Michele De Pascale
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area total km2**: 1859.44
- **population total**: 391414
- **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**: 48010-48015, 48017, 48018, 48020, 48022, 48024-48027, 48100
- **area code type**: Telephone prefix
- **area code**: 0544, 0545, 0546
- **iso code**: IT-RA
- **registration plate**: Italian car number plates, RA
- **blank name sec1**: Istituto Nazionale di Statistica, ISTAT
- **blank info sec1**: 039
- **website**: [http://www.provincia.ra.it/ Official website]