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:

 Acquasanta Terme
 Acquaviva Picena
 Appignano del Tronto
 Arquata del Tronto
 Ascoli Piceno
 Carassai
 Castel di Lama
 Castignano
 Castorano
 Colli del Tronto
 Comunanza	
 Cossignano
 Cupra Marittima
 Folignano
 Force
 Grottammare
 Maltignano
 Massignano
 Monsampolo del Tronto
 Montalto delle Marche
 Montedinove
 Montefiore dell'Aso	
 Montegallo
 Montemonaco
 Monteprandone
 Offida
 Palmiano
 Ripatransone
 Roccafluvione
 Rotella
 San Benedetto del Tronto
 Spinetoli
 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(2017)  Area(km²)  Density  Altitude(m) 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

Gallery

Related pages
 List of comuni of the Province of Ascoli Piceno

References

Other websites

 Province of Ascoli Piceno official website