Province of L'Aquila

The province of L'Aquila () is a province in the Abruzzo region of Southern Italy. Its capital is the city of L'Aquila.

It is the largest province of the region but the one with fewest people living in it; it is a landlocked province, that is, surrounded by other provinces by all sides.

Geography
L'Aquila is the largest province in the Abruzzo region. It is almost half of the area of the region: it has area of . The province is bordered on the north by Tuscany, to the northeast by the province of Teramo, to the east by the Pescara and Province of Chieti provinces, to the south and southeast with the Molise region (province of Isernia), and to the west and southwest by the Lazio region (province of Frosinone, Rome and province of Rieti).

The main river in the province is the Aterno-Pescara river, known here as Aterno; it starts in the Monti della Laga and flows through the province.

L'Aquila is the province of the Abruzzo region with more mountains; there are three mountain ranges that go from the northwest to the southeast, and that are parallels to the coastline: Monti della Gaga, Gran Sasso and Majella massif. The highest mountain in the province is Monte Amaro,() in the Majella massif, Apennines; it is  high and is the highest mountain of three provinces: Chieti, L'Aquila and Pescara of the Abruzzo.

Population
There are 301,910 persons living in the province (January 2017), for a population density of  inhabitants/km².
This population has been more or less stable for a long time.

The largest comune is L'Aquila, with  and the smallest is Villa Sant'Angelo, with . The comune with fewest people living in it is Carapelle Calvisio with 88 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  L'Aquila    473.91    714 2  Avezzano    104.09    695 3  Sulmona    57.93    405 4 Celano    82.80    800 5  Pratola Peligna    28.67    342 6  Tagliacozzo    87.46    740 7  Castel di Sangro    84.44    793 8 Trasacco    51.44    685 9  Luco dei Marsi    44.87    680 10  Carsoli    95.80    616

Gallery

Related pages
 List of comuni of the Province of L'Aquila

References

Other websites

 Province of L'Aquila official website 

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