Province of Rieti

The Province of Rieti () is a province in the Lazio region of Central Italy. Its capital is the city of Rieti.

History
The province of Rieti was created in January of 1927 with parts of the provinces of Rome and L'Aquila.

Geography
The province of Rieti has an area of , the second smallest province of the Lazio region.

The province is in the northeast of the Lazio region. It borders to the west, along the Tiber river, with the Viterbo province and the Rome, to the north with the Umbria region (provinces of Perugia and Terni), and to the east by Province of Ascoli Piceno in the Marche region, and with the provinces of L'Aquila and Teramo in the Abruzzo region.

The territory of the province is mostly mountainous with the Monti Sabini and Monti Reatini to the north, on the border with the Umbria region; the Monti Terminillo and the Monti della Laga to the east; and the Monti del Cicolano and Monti della Duchessa to the southeast.

The highest mountain in the province is Monte Gorzano (), in the Monti della Laga in the eastern part of the province along the border with the Teramo province, with an altitude of .

The main rivers in the province are:
 Tiber;
 Velino, tributary of the Nera, 90 km long;
 Salto, tributary of the Velino, 55 km long;
 Turano, tributary of the Velino, 70 km long;
 Corno, tributary of the Nera, 56 km long.

There are several artificial lakes; the largest is the Lago del Salto with an area of .

Population
, there are 157,429 persons living in the province, for a population density of  inhabitants/km².

Evolution of the population in the province of Rieti

Administration
There are 73 municipalities (or comuni) in the province; they are:

 Accumoli
 Amatrice
 Antrodoco
 Ascrea
 Belmonte in Sabina
 Borbona
 Borgo Velino
 Borgorose
 Cantalice
 Cantalupo in Sabina
 Casaprota
 Casperia
 Castel di Tora
 Castel Sant'Angelo
 Castelnuovo di Farfa
 Cittaducale
 Cittareale
 Collalto Sabino
 Colle di Tora
 Collegiove
 Collevecchio
 Colli sul Velino
 Concerviano
 Configni
 Contigliano	
 Cottanello
 Fara in Sabina
 Fiamignano
 Forano
 Frasso Sabino
 Greccio
 Labro
 Leonessa
 Longone Sabino
 Magliano Sabina
 Marcetelli
 Micigliano
 Mompeo
 Montasola
 Monte San Giovanni in Sabina
 Montebuono
 Monteleone Sabino
 Montenero Sabino
 Montopoli di Sabina
 Morro Reatino
 Nespolo
 Orvinio
 Paganico Sabino
 Pescorocchiano
 Petrella Salto	
 Poggio Bustone
 Poggio Catino
 Poggio Mirteto
 Poggio Moiano
 Poggio Nativo
 Poggio San Lorenzo
 Posta
 Pozzaglia Sabina
 Rieti
 Rivodutri
 Rocca Sinibalda
 Roccantica
 Salisano
 Scandriglia
 Selci
 Stimigliano
 Tarano
 Toffia
 Torri in Sabina
 Torricella in Sabina
 Turania
 Vacone
 Varco Sabino

The largest comune is Rieti, with  and the smallest is Frasso Sabino (). The comune with fewest people living in it is Marcetelli with 89 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  Rieti    206.46    405 2  Fara in Sabina    54.96    482 3  Cittaducale    71.25    481 4  Poggio Mirteto    26.40    246 5  Borgorose    145.82    732 6  Montopoli di Sabina    37.94    331 7  Contigliano    53.55    488 8  Magliano Sabina    43.23    222 9  Forano    17.69    218 10  Scandriglia    63.35    535

 Gallery 

Related pages
 List of communes of the Province of Rieti

References

Other websites

 Official Site 

 Rieti