The province of Fermo ( it, provincia di Fermo) is a province in the

Marche Marche ( , ) is one of the twenty regions of Italy. In English, the region is sometimes referred to as The Marches ( ). The region is located in the central area of the country, bordered by Emilia-Romagna and the republic of San Marino to the ...

region of central

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...

. It was established in 2004 and became operational in 2009. Its administrative centre and provincial capital is the city of

Fermo Fermo (ancient: Firmum Picenum) is a town and ''comune'' of the Marche, Italy, in the Province of Fermo. Fermo is on a hill, the Sabulo, elevation , on a branch from Porto San Giorgio on the Adriatic coast railway. History The oldest hum ...

(population of 37,995 inhabitants). Other major cities include

Porto Sant'Elpidio Porto Sant'Elpidio () is a coastal town in the province of Fermo, Marche, Italy. The commune has a population of 25,071. Geography Porto Sant'Elpidio's nearly of coast once made the commune the most extensive in length in the province of Ascol ...

(25,118 inhabitants),

Porto San Giorgio Porto San Giorgio is a ''comune'' (town or municipality) in the Province of Fermo, in the Marche region of Italy. It has approximately 15,700 inhabitants (2021) and it is located on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. History Already famous at the tim ...

(16,201 inhabitants),

Sant'Elpidio a Mare Sant'Elpidio a Mare is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Fermo, in the Marche region of Italy. Geography Sant'Elpidio a Mare is located on a ridge of Marche Apennine, elevation above sea level, between the lower river valleys of the r ...

(16,838 inhabitants), and

Montegranaro Montegranaro is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Fermo in the Italian region of Marche, located about south of Ancona and about north of Ascoli Piceno. It is one of the main centres for shoe production in Italy. Main sights Churc ...

(13,358 inhabitants). As of 2017, the province has a population of 174,358 inhabitants and spans an area of . It contains 40 ''

comuni The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...

''.

History

An 1861 report by Minister Minghetti to Prince Eugene of Savoy, Lieutenant of the King, justified merging the small and fragmented provinces of southern Marche into a single large province, a move to overcome the historical border between the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and the Papal States. The residents of Abruzzo and Cardinal Filippo de Angelis were opposed to this. Despite this, 58% of the population of Fermo voted in favour of merging some smaller provinces, and the province of Ascoli-Fermo was created and became known as Ascoli Piceno. In 2000, supporters of forming a new province of Fermo exploited a pact between the

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and

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who had formed a number of proposals regarding establishing provincial bodies, including one that later led to the foundation of the

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. Fabrizio Cesetti was the only signatory of the act forming the province, which was delayed due to the conclusion of the

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. Following this, Law 147/2004 was passed, and the province of Fermo was established in 2004.

Geography

The Province of Fermo is in the

region of central Italy, and stretches from the Sibillini Mountains to the

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. Its main geographic feature is the valley of the River Tenna. This river rises in the mountains, enters the province near

Servigliano Servigliano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Fermo in the Italian region Marche, located about south of Ancona and about north of Ascoli Piceno. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,349 and an area of .All demographic ...

, passes through

Grottazzolina Grottazzolina is a town and comune in the province of Fermo, in the Marche region of Italy. Twin towns - twin cities * Komádi – Hungary * 2nd district of Budapest – Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in ...

and

Montegiorgio Montegiorgio is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Fermo in the Italian region Marche, located about south of Ancona and about north of Ascoli Piceno. Montegiorgio borders the following municipalities: Belmonte Piceno, Falerone, Ferm ...

, and reaches the sea near

and

. The River Aso forms the southern border of the province, separating it from the

Province of Ascoli Piceno The province of Ascoli Piceno ( it, Provincia di Ascoli Piceno) is a province in the Marche region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Ascoli Piceno, and the province is bordered by the Adriatic Sea to the east, the Province of Fermo to the nor ...

. It rises in the mountains and flows into the Adriatic Sea at

Pedaso Pedaso is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Fermo in the Italy, Italian region Marche, located about southeast of Ancona and about northeast of Ascoli Piceno. As of 31 December 2018, it had a population of 2,854 and an area of . Peda ...

. To the north of the province lies the

Province of Macerata The province of Macerata ( it, provincia di Macerata) is a province in the Marche region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Macerata. The province includes 55 comunes (Italian: ''comuni'') in the province, see Comunes of the Province of Mace ...

. Footwear and leather goods are produced in the area, and the main agricultural products are cereals, vegetables, grapes, olives and livestock. The town of

, the capital of the province, is an attractive old town perched on a hill. It has a historic centre, a large piazza and a cathedral dating from 1227 with a Gothic facade. There are also traces of a Roman amphitheatre nearby. The neighbouring municipality of

has a castle dating from 1269, which protected the valley that leads to Fermo.

Government

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Province Of Fermo

2004 establishments in Italy