Province of Ferrara

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

## Geography

The province of Ferrara is the most northerly province in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has an area of . The provincial capital, the city of Ferrara, is on a branch of the Po river and at about  northeast of Bologna, the capital of the region.

The province is bordered to the north by the province of Rovigo in the Veneto region, to the northwest by the province of Mantua in Lombardy, to the west by the Modena and Bologna provinces, to the south by the province of Ravenna and to the east by the Adriatic Sea.

The province is completely flat, with an altitude that goes from 0 m to less than  high in the west of the province, on the border with the Modena province. Most _comuni_ have less of  of average altitude; the _comune_ with a higher average altitude is Sant'Agostino.

The main rivers in the province are the Po and the Reno. The Po forms the north border of the province with the province of Rovigo. In Ferrara, the river has three main branches: the _Po di Volano_, that flows through the city of Ferrara, the _Po di Primaro_ and the _Po di Goro_.

The Reno river is the longest of the region without being a tributary of the Po.

The main lakes in the province are the _Lago delle Nazioni_ ("Nation's Lake), an artificial lake, and the _Lago del Quaternario_.

## Population

There are 348,362 persons living in the province (January 2017), for a population density of  inhabitants/km².

**Evolution of the population in the province**

## Municipalities

The following shows the 23 _comuni_ (municipalities) with the population, and the area and altitude.

|No.|_Comune_|Population <small>(2017)</small> !! Area <small>(km²)</small> !! Density !! Altitude||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Argenta||311.67||4|
|2|Berra||68.64||2|
|3|Bondeno||174.76||11|
|4|Cento||64.74||15|
|5|Codigoro||170.01||3|
|6|Comacchio||284.13||0|
|7|Copparo||157,01||5|
|8|Ferrara||405.16||9|
|9|Fiscaglia||116.18||2|
|10|Formignana||22.43||3|
|11|Goro||33.18||1|
|12|Jolanda di Savoia||108.34||1|
|13|Lagosanto||34.44||0|
|14|Masi Torello||22.71||3|
|15|Mesola||84.31||1|
|16|Ostellato||173.34||2|
|17|Poggio Renatico||80.23||10|
|18|Portomaggiore||126.64||3|
|19|Ro||43.20||5|
|20|Terre del Reno||51.04||19|
|21|Tresigallo||20.62||1|
|22|Vigarano Mainarda||42.02||10|
|23|Voghiera||40.33||7|

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Province of Ferrara
- **native name lang**: it
- **settlement type**: Provinces of Italy, Province
- **image skyline**: Il Castello Estense di Ferrara.jpg
- **image alt**: Castello Estense
- **image caption**: _Castello Estense_, Ferrara
- **image flag**: Flag_of_the_province_of_Ferrara.svg
- **image shield**: Coat_of_Arms_of_the_province_of_Ferrara.svg
- **image map**: Map Province of Ferrara.svg
- **map alt**: Map with the province of Ferrara in Italy
- **map caption**: Map with the province of Ferrara, in red, in Italy
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: Regions of Italy, Region
- **subdivision name1**: Emilia-Romagna
- **seat type**: Capital city, Capital
- **seat**: Ferrara
- **parts type**: _Comune, Comuni_
- **parts style**: para
- **p1**: 23
- **leader title**: President
- **leader name**: Tiziano Tagliani
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area total km2**: 2635.12
- **population total**: 348362
- **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**: 44000-44124
- **area code type**: Telephone prefix
- **area code**: 0532, 0533
- **iso code**: IT-FE
- **registration plate**: Italian car number plates, FE
- **blank name sec1**: Istituto Nazionale di Statistica, ISTAT
- **blank info sec1**: 038
- **website**: [http://www.provincia.fe.it/ Official website]