The Province of Rieti () is a province in the Lazio region of Central Italy. Its capital is the city of Rieti.
History
The province of Rieti was created in January of 1927 with parts of the provinces of Rome and L'Aquila.
Geography
The province of Rieti has an area of , the second smallest province of the Lazio region.
The province is in the northeast of the Lazio region. It borders to the west, along the Tiber river, with the Viterbo province and the Rome, to the north with the Umbria region (provinces of Perugia and Terni), and to the east by Province of Ascoli Piceno in the Marche region, and with the provinces of L'Aquila and Teramo in the Abruzzo region.
The territory of the province is mostly mountainous with the Monti Sabini and Monti Reatini to the north, on the border with the Umbria region; the Monti Terminillo and the Monti della Laga to the east; and the Monti del Cicolano and Monti della Duchessa to the southeast.
The highest mountain in the province is Monte Gorzano (), in the Monti della Laga in the eastern part of the province along the border with the Teramo province, with an altitude of .
The main rivers in the province are: Tiber; Velino, tributary of the Nera, 90 km long; Salto, tributary of the Velino, 55 km long; Turano, tributary of the Velino, 70 km long; Corno, tributary of the Nera, 56 km long.
There are several artificial lakes; the largest is the Lago del Salto with an area of .
Population
, there are 157,429 persons living in the province, for a population density of inhabitants/km².
Evolution of the population in the province of Rieti
Administration
There are 73 municipalities (or comuni) in the province; they are:
Accumoli
Amatrice
Antrodoco
Ascrea
Belmonte in Sabina
Borbona
Borgo Velino
Borgorose
Cantalice
Cantalupo in Sabina
Casaprota
Casperia
Castel di Tora
Castel Sant'Angelo
Castelnuovo di Farfa
Cittaducale
Cittareale
Collalto Sabino
Colle di Tora
Collegiove
Collevecchio
Colli sul Velino
Concerviano
Configni
Contigliano
Cottanello
Fara in Sabina
Fiamignano
Forano
Frasso Sabino
Greccio
Labro
Leonessa
Longone Sabino
Magliano Sabina
Marcetelli
Micigliano
Mompeo
Montasola
Monte San Giovanni in Sabina
Montebuono
Monteleone Sabino
Montenero Sabino
Montopoli di Sabina
Morro Reatino
Nespolo
Orvinio
Paganico Sabino
Pescorocchiano
Petrella Salto
Poggio Bustone
Poggio Catino
Poggio Mirteto
Poggio Moiano
Poggio Nativo
Poggio San Lorenzo
Posta
Pozzaglia Sabina
Rieti
Rivodutri
Rocca Sinibalda
Roccantica
Salisano
Scandriglia
Selci
Stimigliano
Tarano
Toffia
Torri in Sabina
Torricella in Sabina
Turania
Vacone
Varco Sabino
The largest comune is Rieti, with and the smallest is Frasso Sabino (). The comune with fewest people living in it is Marcetelli with 89 inhabitants.
Main comuni
The following table shows the 10 comuni with more inhabitants with their population, and their area and altitude.