Province of Chieti

The **province of Chieti** () is a province in the Abruzzo region of Southern Italy. Its capital is the city of Chieti, and the province borders the Adriatic Sea.

## Geography

Chieti is the most eastern province in Abruzzo and has an area of , the second largest province in the region after the province of L'Aquila. The province is bordered to the north and east by the Adriatic Sea, to the northwest by the province of Pescara, to the southwest by the province of L'Aquila and to south and southeast with Molise (to the south with the province of Isernia and to the southeast with the province of Campobasso).

The main rivers in the province areː
- Aterno-Pescara, that forms the border with the province of Pescara.
- Trigno, that forms the border with the province of Campobasso (Molise).
- Sente, that forms the border with the province of Isernia (Molise).

The highest mountain in the province is _Monte Amaro_,() in the _Majella massif_, Apennines; it is  high and is the highest mountain of three provinces: Chieti, L'Aquila and Pescara of the Abruzzo.

## Population

There are 389,169 persons living in the province (January 2017), for a population density of  inhabitants/km².

**Evolution of the population**

## Municipalities

There are 104 municipalities (or _comuni_) in the province; they are:

1. Altino
1. Archi
1. Ari
1. Arielli
1. Atessa
1. Bomba
1. Borrello
1. Bucchianico
1. Canosa Sannita
1. Carpineto Sinello
1. Carunchio
1. Casacanditella
1. Casalanguida
1. Casalbordino
1. Casalincontrada
1. Casoli
1. Castel Frentano
1. Castelguidone
1. Castiglione Messer Marino
1. Celenza sul Trigno
1. Chieti
1. Civitaluparella
1. Civitella Messer Raimondo
1. Colledimacine
1. Colledimezzo
1. Crecchio
1. Cupello
1. Dogliola
1. Fallo
1. Fara Filiorum Petri
1. Fara San Martino
1. Filetto
1. Fossacesia
1. Fraine
1. Francavilla al Mare
1. Fresagrandinaria
1. Frisa
1. Furci
1. Gamberale
1. Gessopalena
1. Gissi
1. Giuliano Teatino
1. Guardiagrele
1. Guilmi
1. Lama dei Peligni
1. Lanciano
1. Lentella
1. Lettopalena
1. Liscia
1. Miglianico
1. Montazzoli
1. Montebello sul Sangro
1. Monteferrante
1. Montelapiano
1. Montenerodomo
1. Monteodorisio
1. Mozzagrogna
1. Orsogna
1. Ortona
1. Paglieta
1. Palena
1. Palmoli
1. Palombaro
1. Pennadomo
1. Pennapiedimonte
1. Perano
1. Pietraferrazzana
1. Pizzoferrato
1. Poggiofiorito
1. Pollutri
1. Pretoro
1. Quadri
1. Rapino
1. Ripa Teatina
1. Rocca San Giovanni
1. Roccamontepiano
1. Roccascalegna
1. Roccaspinalveti
1. Roio del Sangro
1. Rosello
1. San Buono
1. San Giovanni Lipioni
1. San Giovanni Teatino
1. San Martino sulla Marrucina
1. San # Salvo
1. San Vito Chietino
1. Sant'Eusanio del Sangro
1. Santa Maria Imbaro
1. Scerni
1. Schiavi di Abruzzo
1. Taranta Peligna
1. Tollo
1. Torino di Sangro
1. Tornareccio
1. Torrebruna
1. Torrevecchia Teatina
1. Torricella Peligna
1. Treglio
1. Tufillo
1. Vacri
1. Vasto
1. Villa Santa Maria
1. Villalfonsina
1. Villamagna

The largest _comune_ is Atessa, with  and the smallest is Pietraferrazzana, with . Two _comuni_ have less than 100 inhabitantsː Montebello sul Sangro with 92 inhabitants, and Montelapiano with 83 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|Chieti||59.57||330|
|2|Vasto||71.35||144|
|3|Lanciano||66.94||265|
|4|Francavilla al Mare||23.09||3|
|5|Ortona||70.88||72|
|6|San Salvo||19.70||100|
|7|San Giovanni Teatino||17.73||15|
|8|Atessa||110.98||433|
|9|Guardiagrele||56.50||576|
|10|Fossacesia||30.14||140|

## Related pages

- List of comuni of the Province of Chieti

## Other websites

- Province of Chieti official website

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Province of Chieti
- **native name lang**: it
- **settlement type**: Provinces of Italy, Province
- **image skyline**: Palazzo_del_Governo,_sede_della_Provincia_-2015.jpg
- **image alt**: Palazzo del Governo at Chieti
- **image caption**: _Palazzo del Governo_, the provincial seat at Chieti.
- **image flag**: Flag of the province of Chieti.svg
- **image shield**: Provincia di Chieti-Stemma.svg
- **image map**: Chieti in Italy.svg
- **map alt**: Map with the province of Chieti in Italy
- **map caption**: Map with the province of Chieti, in red, in Italy
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: Regions of Italy, Region
- **subdivision name1**: Abruzzo
- **seat type**: Capital
- **seat**: Chieti
- **parts type**: Comune, Comuni
- **parts style**: para
- **p1**: 104
- **leader title**: President
- **leader name**: Mario Pupillo
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area total km2**: 2599.58
- **population total**: 389169
- **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**: 66010-66012, 66014-66023, 66026, 66030-66034, 66036-66038, 66040-66043, 66045-66047, 66050-66052, 66054
- **area code type**: Telephone prefix
- **area code**: 085, 0871, 0872, 0873
- **registration plate**: Italian car number plates, CH
- **blank name sec1**: Istituto Nazionale di Statistica, ISTAT
- **blank info sec1**: 069
- **website**: [http://www.provincia.chieti.it/ Official website]