Pesaro

Pesaro is a city and comune in the Marche region, central Italy. It is the capital of the province of Pesaro and Urbino, on the Adriatic Sea. It is the second most populous city in the Marche, after Ancona.

Geography
Pesaro is on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. The city is between two small hills: the Monte Ardizio to the southeast, and the Colle San Bartolo to the northwest where is the Parco naturale regionale del Monte San Bartolo. The Foglia river flows through the city.

The comune of Pesaro has an area of  and its altitude is .

Pesaro borders with the  comuni Fano, Gabicce Mare, Gradara, Mombaroccio, Monteciccardo, Montelabbate, Tavullia and Vallefoglia (a small part).

Frazioni
The following frazioni (hamlets) are part of Pesaroː

 Borgo Santa Maria
 Candelara
 Case Bruciate
 Casteldimezzo
 Cattabrighe
 Colombarone
 Fiorenzuola di Focara
 Ginestreto
 Novilara
 Ponte Valle
 Pozzo Alto
 Santa Maria dell'Arzilla
 Santa Marina
 Santa Veneranda
 Trebbiantico
 Tre Ponti
 Villa Ceccolini
 Villa Fastiggi

Population
There are 94,813 persons living in the comune in 2017, for a population density of  inhabitants/km².

Evolution of the population

The people from this comune are known, in Italian, as pesaresi.

Twinned towns

Pesaro is twinned with:

  Nanterre, France
  Watford, UK
  Rovinj, Croatia
  Ljubljana, Slovenia
  Rafah, Palestine
  Keita, Niger
  Qinhuangdao, China

Gallery

References

Other websites

Pesaro official website  

Category:Cities in Pesaro and Urbino
Category:Capital cities in Italy