Province of Macerata

The Province of Macerata () is a province in the region of Marche in Italy. Its capital is the city of Macerata.

Geography
Macerata is the largest of provinces of the Marche, with an area of . The province is bordered to the east by the Adriatic Sea and to the west by the Umbria region (Province of Perugia). It is the only province of the Marche that borders with other three provinces of the same regionː the Ancona to the north,  Ascoli Piceno to the southwest and the  Fermo to the south.

The main rivers in the province areː
Chienti,  long
Potenza,  long.

Population
There are 318,921 persons living in the province (1 January 2017), for a population density of  inhabitants/km².

Evolution of the population

 Municipalities 
There are 55 municipalities (or comuni) in the province; they are:

 Apiro
 Appignano
 Belforte del Chienti
 Bolognola
 Caldarola
 Camerino
 Camporotondo di Fiastrone
 Castelraimondo
 Castelsantangelo sul Nera
 Cessapalombo
 Cingoli
 Civitanova Marche
 Colmurano
 Corridonia
 Esanatoglia
 Fiastra
 Fiuminata
 Gagliole
 Gualdo	
 Loro Piceno
 Macerata
 Matelica
 Mogliano
 Monte Cavallo
 Monte San Giusto
 Monte San Martino
 Montecassiano
 Montecosaro
 Montefano
 Montelupone
 Morrovalle
 Muccia
 Penna San Giovanni
 Petriolo
 Pieve Torina
 Pioraco
 Poggio San Vicino
 Pollenza	
 Porto Recanati
 Potenza Picena
 Recanati
 Ripe San Ginesio
 San Ginesio
 San Severino Marche
 Sant'Angelo in Pontano
 Sarnano
 Sefro
 Serrapetrona
 Serravalle di Chienti
 Tolentino
 Treia
 Urbisaglia
 Ussita
 Valfornace
 Visso

The largest comune is San Severino Marche, with  and the smallest is Camporotondo di Fiastrone, with . The two Comune|comuni with fewest people living in it are Bolognola, with 137 inhabitants, and Monte Cavallo, with 133 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  Civitanova Marche    46.07    3 2  Macerata    92.53    315 3  Recanati    103.46    293 4 Tolentino    95.12    228 5  Potenza Picena    48.55    237 6  Corridonia    61.97    255 7  San Severino Marche    194.26    235 8 Porto Recanati    17.25    6 9  Cingoli    148.20    631 10  Morrovalle    42.58    245

 Gallery 

Related pages
 List of comuni of the Province of Macerata

References

 Other websites 

Province of Macerata official website