Province of Pesaro and Urbino

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

The province is also known as "Riviera of Hills". It is mostly covered by hills and is popular for its beaches.

Geography
Pesaro and Urbino has an area of , the second largest province of the Marche after the Macerata province. The province is surrounded by the state of San Marino and Emilia-Romagna in the north, Umbria and Tuscany in the west, Ancona in the south and the Adriatic Sea on the east.

The main rivers in the province, from north to south, are (all of them flow to the east into the Adriatic Sea)ː
Conca - 47 km long; its mouth is between Cattolica and Misano Adriatico.
Foglia - 90 km long; its mouth is in Pesaro.
Metauro 121 km long; its mouth is in Fano.
Cesano - 62 km long; it forms partially the limit with the province of Ancona and its mouth is near Senigallia.

The highest mountain in the province is Monte Catria,() in the Apennines; it is  high.

Population
There are 360,711 persons living in the province (1 January 2017), for a population density of  inhabitants/km².

Evolution of the population

 Municipalities 
There are 54 municipalities (or comuni) in the province; they are:

 Acqualagna
 Apecchio
 Auditore
 Belforte all'Isauro
 Borgo Pace
 Cagli
 Cantiano
 Carpegna
 Cartoceto
 Colli al Metauro
 Fano
 Fermignano
 Fossombrone
 Fratte Rosa
 Frontino
 Frontone
 Gabicce Mare
 Gradara	
 Isola del Piano
 Lunano
 Macerata Feltria
 Mercatello sul Metauro
 Mercatino Conca
 Mombaroccio
 Mondavio
 Mondolfo
 Monte Cerignone
 Monte Grimano Terme
 Monte Porzio
 Montecalvo in Foglia
 Monteciccardo
 Montecopiolo
 Montefelcino
 Montelabbate
 Peglio
 Pergola	
 Pesaro
 Petriano
 Piandimeleto
 Pietrarubbia
 Piobbico
 San Costanzo
 San Lorenzo in Campo
 Sant'Angelo in Vado
 Sant'Ippolito
 Sassocorvaro
 Sassofeltrio
 Serra Sant'Abbondio
 Tavoleto
 Tavullia
 Terre Roveresche
 Urbania
 Urbino
 Vallefoglia

The largest comune is Urbino, with  and the smallest is Gabicce Mare, with . The comune with fewest people living in it is Frontino with 293 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  Pesaro    126.77    11 2  Fano    121.84    12 3  Vallefoglia    39.57    280 4  Urbino    226.50    485 5  Mondolfo    22.82    144 6  Colli al Metauro    46.17    66 7  Fossombrone    106.88    118 8 Cagli    226.46    276 9  Fermignano    43.70    200 10  Tavullia    42.07    170

Twinned and partner towns
The province of Pesaro and Urbino is twinned with:
 Wolfsburg, Germany

 Gallery 

Related pages
List of comuni of the Province of Pesaro and Urbino

References

Pesaro