Province of Teramo

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

Geography
Teramo is in the northeast of Abruzzo and has an area of , the third largest province in the region after the provinces of L'Aquila and Chieti. The province is bordered to the east by the Adriatic Sea, to the north by the province of Ascoli Piceno (Marche region), to the northwest by the province of Rieti (Lazio region), to the southwest by the province of L'Aquila and to the south by the province of Pescara.

The main river in the province is the Vomano,  long, that flows into the Adriatic Sea.

The highest mountain in the province (and in the Abruzzo region) is Corno Grande (), with an altitude of .

Population
There are 309,859 persons living in the province (January 2017), for a population density of  inhabitants/km².

Evolution of the population

 Municipalities 
There are 47 municipalities (or comuni) in the province; they are:

 Alba Adriatica
 Ancarano
 Arsita
 Atri
 Basciano
 Bellante
 Bisenti
 Campli
 Canzano
 Castel Castagna
 Castellalto
 Castelli
 Castiglione Messer Raimondo
 Castilenti
 Cellino Attanasio
 Cermignano
 Civitella del Tronto
 Colledara
 Colonnella
 Controguerra
 Corropoli
 Cortino
 Crognaleto
 Fano Adriano
 Giulianova
 Isola del Gran Sasso d'Italia
 Martinsicuro
 Montefino
 Montorio al Vomano
 Morro d'Oro
 Mosciano Sant'Angelo
 Nereto
 Notaresco
 Penna Sant'Andrea
 Pietracamela
 Pineto
 Rocca Santa Maria
 Roseto degli Abruzzi
 Sant'Egidio alla Vibrata
 Sant'Omero
 Silvi
 Teramo
 Torano Nuovo
 Torricella Sicura
 Tortoreto
 Tossicia
 Valle Castellana

The largest comune is Teramo, with  and the smallest is Nereto, with . Two comuni have less than 300 inhabitantsː Fano Adriano with 288 inhabitants, and Pietracamela with 263 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  Teramo    152.84    432 2  Roseto degli Abruzzi    53.27    5 3  Giulianova    28.00    68 4 Martinsicuro    14.66    2 5  Silvi    20.63    2 6  Pineto    38.11    4 7  Alba Adriatica    9.60    5 8 Tortoreto    22.97    239 9  Atri    92.18    444 10  Sant'Egidio alla Vibrata    18.36    237

From north to south, the province of Teramo has seven blue flag beaches on the Adriatric Seacoast, called the Seven Sisters; they are:
Martinsicuro
Alba Adriatica
Tortoreto
Giulianova
Roseto degli Abruzzi
Pineto
Silvi

Gallery

Related pages
 List of comuni of the Province of Teramo

References

Other websites

 Province of Teramo official website