Province of Rimini

The Province of Rimini () is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its largest town and capital is the city of Rimini.
The province of Rimini, with a long touristic tradition, is well known by the beach resorts of Rimini, Riccione, Bellaria-Igea Marina, Misano Adriatico and Cattolica, found over along the coast of the Adriatic Sea.
History.
The province of Rimini was created in 1992 with parts of the former province of Forlì that changed its name to the present province of Forlì-Cesena.
After a referendum in 2006, the municipalities of Casteldelci, Maiolo, Novafeltria, Pennabilli, San Leo, Sant'Agata Feltria and Talamello were transferred from the Province of Pesaro and Urbino (Marche) to the Province of Rimini on 15 August 2009.
Geography.
The province of Rimini has an area of , the smallest province of the Emilia-Romagna. The territory of Rimini is divided into four zones:
The province is bordered to the north by the Forlì-Cesena province, to the south by the Marche (Pesaro and Urbino province) and the Republic of San Marino, to the west by Tuscany (Arezzo province). To the east is the Adriatic Sea.
The main river in the province is the Marecchia, that starts in the Arezzo province and ends in the Adriatic Sea near the city of Rimini after a course of .
Population.
There are 336,786 persons living in the province (January 2017), for a population density of inhabitants/km². The communes with more inhabitants are Rimini (148,908 inhabitants) and Riccione (34,965 inhabitants). The commune with fewest people living in it is Casteldelci, with 405 inhabitants.
Administration.
The following shows the 45 "comuni" with the population, and the area and altitude.