Marche
Marche is a central region of Italy on the east coast composed of rolling hills and fertile plains at the base of the Apennine mountains. It is bordered by Adriatic Sea in the east, Umbria, Tuscany and Lazio in the west, Emilia-Romagna and San Marino to the north, Abruzzo to the south.Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Ancona and Urbino.
Ancona
Ancona is the capital of the Italian region called the Marches and an important port city on the coast of the Adriatic Sea.Urbino
The Duke of Urbino built one of the largest palaces in medieval Italy. Today, from the park above Urbino, one can really visualize a fairytale like Cinderella. The city is situated in the Marche region and is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.Pesaro
Pesaro is a comune in the Italian region of Marche, capital of the province of Pesaro and Urbino, on the Adriatic Sea. As of January 1st, 2025, its population was 95,266, making it the second most populous city in the Marche, after Ancona.Destinations to Discover
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Macerata
Macerata Province is in Marche Region in Italy. The province contains, among the numerous historical sites, the Roman settlement of Helvia Recina, destroyed by orders of Alaric I, King of the Visigoths, in 408.Pesaro and Urbino
The province of Pesaro and Urbino is a province in the region of Marche in Italy. Its capitals are the city of Pesaro and the town of Urbino. It has a population of 349,556 in an area of 2,510.89 square kilometres across its 50 municipalities.Ancona
Ancona Province is in Marche Region in Italy. Its coastline of sandy beaches is popular with Italians but has not been greatly affected by tourism. Annually, feasts occur in the province during the harvesting period.Ascoli Piceno
Ascoli Piceno Province is in Marche Region in Italy. Tourism in the province is mainly seaside: the Riviera delle Palme, is one of the major tourist centres of central Italy.Fermo
The province of Fermo is a province in the region of Marche in Italy. It was established in 2004 and became operational in 2009. Its capital is the town of Fermo.Campofilone
Campofilone is a town in the Marche region, situated on the coast of the province of Fermo. It is a tourist destination that can be enjoyed all year round thanks to its mild climate, due to its proximity to the coast.Marche
- Type: State with 1,570,000 residents
- Description: region in Italy
- Also known as: “Le Marche”, “MAR”, “the Marches”, and “The Marches”
- Neighbors: Abruzzo, Emilia-Romagna, Lazio, Tuscany, and Umbria
- Categories: region of Italy and locality
- Location: Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude of center
43.3458° or 43° 20′ 45″ northLongitude of center
13.1416° or 13° 8′ 30″ eastPopulation
1,570,000Elevation
66 metres (217 feet)OpenStreetMap ID
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Marche” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Marke”
- Amharic: “ማርቸስ”
- Amharic: “ማርኬ”
- Arabic: “ماركة”
- Arabic: “مَارِكَة”
- Arabic: “ماركي”
- Aragonese: “Marcas”
- Armenian: “Մարկե”
- Arpitan: “Mârches”
- Arpitan: “Mârques”
- Asturian: “Marche”
- Azerbaijani: “Marke”
- Azerbaijani: “Markelar”
- Balinese: “Marché”
- Basque: “Markak”
- Belarusian: “Марке”
- Bengali: “দ্য মার্চেস”
- Bosnian: “Marche”
- Breton: “Marche”
- Bulgarian: “Марке”
- Catalan: “les Marques”
- Catalan: “Les Marques”
- Catalan: “Marques”
- Cebuano: “Marche”
- Central Bikol: “Marche”
- Central Kurdish: “مارکێ”
- Chechen: “Марке”
- Chinese: “Marche”
- Chinese: “馬其”
- Chinese: “馬凱”
- Chinese: “馬凱大區”
- Chinese: “馬爾凱”
- Chinese: “马尔凯”
- Chinese: “马尔凯大区”
- Chuvash: “Марке”
- Cornish: “Marche”
- Corsican: “Marche”
- Crimean Tatar: “Marke”
- Croatian: “Marke”
- Czech: “Marche”
- Czech: “Marky”
- Danish: “Marche”
- Dimli (individual language): “Marke”
- Dutch: “de Marken”
- Dutch: “Marche”
- Dutch: “Marken”
- Esperanto: “Markio”
- Estonian: “Marche”
- Finnish: “Marche”
- French: “Marches”
- Friulian: “Marchis”
- Galician: “As Marcas”
- Galician: “Marche”
- Georgian: “მარკე”
- German: “Die Marken”
- German: “IT-57”
- German: “Marken”
- Greek: “Μάρκε”
- Hakka Chinese: “Mâ-ngì-khái”
- Hakka Chinese: “Marche”
- Hausa: “The Marches”
- Hebrew: “מארקה”
- Hindi: “मार्के”
- Hungarian: “Marche”
- Icelandic: “Marke”
- Ido: “Marche”
- Indonesian: “Marche”
- Interlingua: “Marcas”
- Interlingua: “Marche”
- Irish: “Marche”
- Italian: “Marche”
- Italian: “Regione Marche”
- Japanese: “マルケ州”
- Javanese: “Marche”
- Javanese: “The Marches”
- Kazakh: “Марка облысы”
- Kazakh: “Марке”
- Kirghiz: “Марча”
- Korean: “마르케 주”
- Korean: “마르케”
- Korean: “마르케주”
- Kurdish: “Marke”
- Ladin: “Marche”
- Ladino: “Markas”
- Latin: “Marchia Anconitana”
- Latvian: “Marke”
- Ligurian: “Marche”
- Limburgan: “Marche”
- Literary Chinese: “馬爾凱”
- Lithuanian: “Markė”
- Lombard: “Marche”
- Luxembourgish: “Marche”
- Macedo-Romanian: “Marche”
- Macedonian: “Марке”
- Malay: “Marche”
- Malay: “The Marches”
- Maltese: “Marche”
- Marathi: “मार्के”
- Mazanderani: “مارکه”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Marches”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Marche”
- Mingrelian: “მარკე”
- Neapolitan: “Marche”
- Northern Frisian: “Marken”
- Northern Sami: “Marche”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Marche”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Marche”
- Norwegian: “Marche”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Marchas”
- Oromo: “The Marches”
- Ossetian: “Марке”
- Pampanga: “Marche”
- Panjabi: “ਮਾਰਕੇ”
- Persian: “مارکه”
- Picard: “Markés”
- Piemontese: “Marche”
- Polish: “Marche”
- Portuguese: “Marcas”
- Portuguese: “Marche”
- Pushto: “مارچز”
- Romanian: “Marche”
- Russian: “Марке”
- Sardinian: “Marcas”
- Scots: “Marche”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Marche”
- Serbian: “Марке”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Marche”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Marke”
- Sicilian: “Marchi”
- Slovak: “Marky”
- Slovenian: “MAR”
- Slovenian: “Marche”
- Slovenian: “Marke”
- Somali: “The Marches”
- South Azerbaijani: “مارکه”
- Spanish: “las Marcas”
- Spanish: “Las Marcas”
- Spanish: “Marcas”
- Spanish: “Región de Las Marcas”
- Swahili: “Marche”
- Swahili: “The Marches”
- Swedish: “Marche”
- Swiss German: “Marken”
- Tagalog: “Marcas”
- Tagalog: “Marche”
- Tajik: “Марке”
- Tatar: “Маркалар”
- Tatar: “Марке (төбәк)”
- Tatar: “Марке”
- Thai: “แคว้นมาร์เก”
- Thai: “แคว้นมาร์เค”
- Tosk Albanian: “Marken”
- Turkish: “Marche Özerk Bölgesi”
- Turkish: “Marche”
- Ukrainian: “Марке”
- Urdu: “مارکے”
- Uzbek: “Marche”
- Venetian: “Marche”
- Vietnamese: “Marche”
- Vlaams: “Marche”
- Waray (Philippines): “Marche”
- Welsh: “Marche”
- Western Frisian: “De Marken”
- Western Frisian: “Marke”
- Western Frisian: “Markee”
- Western Panjabi: “صوبہ مارچے”
- Wu Chinese: “马尔凯大区”
- Yue Chinese: “馬其”
- “ma lili Make”
- “ma Make”
- “Marche”
- “Mèrch”
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