Province of Viterbo

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

The province is also called Tuscia.

History
The province of Viterbo was created in January of 1927 with part of the old Province of Rome. In March of the same, the comune of Monte Romano.

In 1928, five comuni were added:  Montalto di Castro, Monterosi, Nepi, Oriolo Romano and Tarquinia.

Geography
The province of Viterbo has an area of , making it the second largest province of the Lazio region.

The province is bordered to the northwest with Tuscany (Grosseto and Siena provinces), to the northeast with Umbria (Terni province), to the east with the Rieti province and to the south with Rome. The Tyrrhenian Sea is to the west.

The province is in the northwest of the Lazio region. Most of the territory of the province is flat or with small hills. The highest mountain in the province is Monte Cimino (), in the southern part of the province, with an altitude of .

The main river in the province is the Tiber that forms the border between the Umbria (province of Terni) and Lazio (province of Viterbo) regions.

There are several lakes; the largest is the Bolsena lake with an area of .

Administration
The following shows the comuni of the province with more of 9,000 people living in them (1 January 2017).

 No. ISTAT Code   Comune  Population(2017) 1  056059  Viterbo  67,488 2  056021  Civita Castellana  16,418 3  056050  Tarquinia  16,383 4  056057  Vetralla  14,031 5  056036  Montefiascone  13,454 6  056039  Nepi  9,620

The largest comune is Viterbo, with  and the two smallest are Calcata () and Villa San Giovanni in Tuscia (). The comune with fewest people living in it is Tessennano with 339 inhabitants.

Population
In 2017, there are 319,008 persons living in the province, for a population density of  inhabitants/km².

Evolution of the population in the Viterbo province

Related pages
List of communes of the Province of Viterbo

 Gallery 

References

Other websites

 Official Site  

Viterbo