Province of Chieti

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

Geography
Chieti is the most eastern province in Abruzzo and has an area of , the second largest province in the region after the province of L'Aquila. The province is bordered to the north and east by the Adriatic Sea, to the northwest by the province of Pescara, to the southwest by the province of L'Aquila and to south and southeast with Molise (to the south with the province of Isernia and to the southeast with the province of Campobasso).

The main rivers in the province areː
 Aterno-Pescara, that forms the border with the province of Pescara.
 Trigno, that forms the border with the province of Campobasso (Molise).
 Sente, that forms the border with the province of Isernia (Molise).

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 389,169 persons living in the province (January 2017), for a population density of  inhabitants/km².

Evolution of the population

 Municipalities 
There are 104 municipalities (or comuni) in the province; they are:

 Altino
 Archi
 Ari
 Arielli
 Atessa
 Bomba
 Borrello
 Bucchianico
 Canosa Sannita
 Carpineto Sinello
 Carunchio
 Casacanditella
 Casalanguida
 Casalbordino
 Casalincontrada
 Casoli
 Castel Frentano
 Castelguidone
 Castiglione Messer Marino
 Celenza sul Trigno
 Chieti
 Civitaluparella
 Civitella Messer Raimondo
 Colledimacine
 Colledimezzo
 Crecchio
 Cupello
 Dogliola
 Fallo
 Fara Filiorum Petri
 Fara San Martino
 Filetto
 Fossacesia
 Fraine
 Francavilla al Mare	
 Fresagrandinaria
 Frisa
 Furci
 Gamberale
 Gessopalena
 Gissi
 Giuliano Teatino
 Guardiagrele
 Guilmi
 Lama dei Peligni
 Lanciano
 Lentella
 Lettopalena
 Liscia
 Miglianico
 Montazzoli
 Montebello sul Sangro
 Monteferrante
 Montelapiano
 Montenerodomo
 Monteodorisio
 Mozzagrogna
 Orsogna
 Ortona
 Paglieta
 Palena
 Palmoli
 Palombaro
 Pennadomo
 Pennapiedimonte
 Perano
 Pietraferrazzana
 Pizzoferrato
 Poggiofiorito
 Pollutri	
 Pretoro
 Quadri
 Rapino
 Ripa Teatina
 Rocca San Giovanni
 Roccamontepiano
 Roccascalegna
 Roccaspinalveti
 Roio del Sangro
 Rosello
 San Buono
 San Giovanni Lipioni
 San Giovanni Teatino
 San Martino sulla Marrucina
 San # Salvo
 San Vito Chietino
 Sant'Eusanio del Sangro
 Santa Maria Imbaro
 Scerni
 Schiavi di Abruzzo
 Taranta Peligna
 Tollo
 Torino di Sangro
 Tornareccio
 Torrebruna
 Torrevecchia Teatina
 Torricella Peligna
 Treglio
 Tufillo
 Vacri
 Vasto
 Villa Santa Maria
 Villalfonsina
 Villamagna

The largest comune is Atessa, with  and the smallest is Pietraferrazzana, with . Two comuni have less than 100 inhabitantsː Montebello sul Sangro with 92 inhabitants, and Montelapiano with 83 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  Chieti    59.57    330 2  Vasto    71.35    144 3  Lanciano    66.94    265 4 Francavilla al Mare    23.09    3 5  Ortona    70.88    72 6  San Salvo    19.70    100 7  San Giovanni Teatino    17.73    15 8 Atessa    110.98    433 9  Guardiagrele    56.50    576 10  Fossacesia    30.14    140

Gallery

Related pages
 List of comuni of the Province of Chieti

References

Other websites

 Province of Chieti official website 

Chieti