Province of Ancona

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

Geography
Ancona has an area of . The province is bordered to the northeast and east by the Adriatic Sea, to the northwest by the province of Pesaro and Urbino, to the west with Umbria (province of Perugia) and to the south with the province of Macerata.

The main rivers in the province, from north to south, areː
Cesano
Misa
Esino
Musone

The highest point in the province is Serra Santa-Cima Nord,() in the Apennines; it is  high.

Population
There are 474,124 persons living in the province (1 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:

 Agugliano
 Ancona
 Arcevia
 Barbara
 Belvedere Ostrense
 Camerano
 Camerata Picena
 Castelbellino
 Castelfidardo
 Castelleone di Suasa
 Castelplanio
 Cerreto d'Esi
 Chiaravalle
 Corinaldo
 Cupramontana
 Fabriano
 Falconara Marittima
 Filottrano
 Genga
 Jesi
 Loreto
 Maiolati Spontini
 Mergo
 Monsano
 Monte Roberto
 Monte San Vito
 Montecarotto
 Montemarciano
 Morro d'Alba
 Numana
 Offagna
 Osimo	
 Ostra
 Ostra Vetere
 Poggio San Marcello
 Polverigi
 Rosora
 San Marcello
 San Paolo di Jesi
 Santa Maria Nuova
 Sassoferrato
 Senigallia
 Serra de' Conti
 Serra San Quirico
 Sirolo
 Staffolo
 Trecastelli

The largest comune is Fabriano, with  and the smallest is Concamarise, with . Only two comuni have less than 1,000 inhabitants (2017)ː San Paolo di Jesi with 912 inhabitants, and Poggio San Marcello with 685 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  Ancona    124.84    16 2  Senigallia    117.77    5 3  Jesi    108.90    97 4 Osimo    106.74    265 5  Fabriano    272.08    325 6  Falconara Marittima    25.82    5 7  Castelfidardo    33.39    199 8 Chiaravalle    17.60    22 9  Loreto    17.90    127 10  Montemarciano    22.31    92

Gallery

Related pages
 List of comuni of the Province of Ancona

References

Other websites

 Province of Ancona official website 

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