Province of Fermo Provincia di Fermo
Province
The Palazzo dei Prori in Fermo
Coat of arms
Map with the province of Fermo, in red, in Italy
Coordinates: 43°9′37.51″N 13°43′5.16″E / 43.1604194°N 13.7181000°E / 43.1604194; 13.7181000
Country	Italy
Region	Marche
Capital	Fermo
Comuni	40
Government
• President	Aronne Perugini[1]
Area [2]
• Total	862.77 km2 (333.12 sq mi)
Population  (1 January 2017)[3]
• Total	174,849
• Density	200/km2 (520/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CETU)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	63900
Telephone prefix	0734, 0736
Vehicle registration	FM
ISTAT	109
Website	Official website

The Province of Fermo (Italian: Provincia di Fermo) is a province in the Marche region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Fermo.

It is a province since 2004 with parts of the province of Ascoli Piceno but it was in 2009 when it became an active province.

Fermo has an area of 862.77 km² (333 sq mi), the smallest province of the Marche region.^[2] The province is surrounded, by land, by two provinces of Marcheː the province of Macerata in the north and west and the province of Ascoli Piceno in the south; to the east is the Adriatic Sea on the east.

The main rivers in the province, from north to south, are (all of them flow to the east into tfe Adriatic Sea but Ete Morto)ː

• Chienti - 91 km long; its mouth is near Civitanova Marche.
• Tenna - 70 km long; its mouth is near Porto Sant'Elpidio.
• Ete Morto - 40 km long; it is a tributary of the Chienti river.
• Ete Vivo 35 km long; its mouth is near Porto San Giorgio.
• Aso - 63 km long; its mouth is near Pedaso.

The highest mountain in the province is Monte Priora,(42°55′56″N 13°14′26″E / 42.93222°N 13.24056°E / 42.93222; 13.24056 (Monte Priora)) in the Apennines; it is 2,332 m (7,651 ft) high.^[4]

There are 174,849 persons living in the province (1 January 2017),^[3] for a population density of 202.7 inhabitants/km².

Evolution of the population

There are 40 municipalities (or comuni) in the province; they are:

The largest comune is Fermo, with 124.53 km² (48 sq mi) and the smallest is Pedaso, with 3.85 km² (1 sq mi). The comune with fewest people living in it is Smerillo with 366 inhabitants.

The following table shows the 10 comuni with more inhabitants with their population,^[3] and their area and altitude.^[5]

• 
  Piazza del Popolo, Fermo.
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  Cathedral of Fermo.
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  Villa Castellano, Porto Sant'Elpidio.
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  Sant'Elpidio a Mare.

• List of comuni of the Province of Fermo

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