Province of Parma
Province of Parma | |
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Coordinates: 44°47′42.2″N 10°19′52.3″E / 44.795056°N 10.331194°E | |
Country | Italy |
Region | Emilia-Romagna |
Capital(s) | Parma |
Comuni | 47 |
Government | |
• President | Andrea Massari (December 2021)[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 3,449 km2 (1,332 sq mi) |
Population (30 September 2016) | |
• Total | 449,191 |
• Density | 130/km2 (340/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | Parmense Parmesan |
GDP | |
• Total | €15.672 billion (2015) |
• Per capita | €35,093 (2015) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal code |
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Telephone prefixes | 0521, 0524, 0525 |
ISTAT | 034 |
The province of Parma (Italian: provincia di Parma) is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its largest town and capital is the city of Parma.
It is made up of 47
The province is bordered by the province of Reggio Emilia to the east, the Piacenza to the west, Lombardy's provinces of Cremona and Mantua to the north and by Liguria's provinces of La Spezia and Genoa and Tuscany's Province of Massa-Carrara to the south.
History
In 1861, Italian provinces were established on the French republican model.
Geography
The province is divided into three zones from north to south: the pianura (plains), the collina (hills) and the montagna (mountains). The Po river acts as a boundary with the nearby province of Cremona in the plains. The main centres of the collina and montagna are situated along the course of the main rivers, which descend from the Parmesan Apennine Mountains. Roughly, each zone comprises one third of the total area.
The plains
The part in the North of the Province comprises
The hills
The centre part of the Province comprises only smaller towns, built in the valleys along rivers or on top of hills for defensive purposes, from the foothills to where the
The mountains
The southernmost area of the Province is occupied by the ridge of the Apennine, with mountains ranging from 1000 m to the 1850 m amsl of
Comuni
The province of Parma comprises 47
Comune | Population |
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Parma | 175,307 |
Fidenza | 24,079 |
Salsomaggiore Terme | 19,449 |
Collecchio | 12,399 |
Noceto | 11,349 |
Medesano | 9,683 |
Montechiarugolo | 9,648 |
Sorbolo | 9,219 |
Langhirano | 9,203 |
Colorno | 8,649 |
Traversetolo | 8,554 |
Felino | 7,641 |
Borgo Val di Taro | 7,142 |
Busseto | 6,881 |
Torrile | 6,775 |
Fontanellato | 6,479 |
Fornovo di Taro | 6,060 |
Fontevivo | 5,388 |
San Secondo Parmense | 5,194 |
Soragna | 4,355 |
Cuisine
Parma is famous for its prosciutto di Parma. The whole area is renowned for its salami production (particularly the well known salame Felino), as well as for the Parmesan cheese and some kinds of pasta like gnocchi di patate, cappelletti (or anolini) in brodo (a kind of round tortelli stuffed with a filling made of stewed donkey, Parmesan cheese and bread crumbs, cooked and served in hot broth), tortelli with different stuffing (erbetta, potatoes, pumpkin, mushrooms, chestnuts, tortél dóls di Colorno) and chicche.
Transport
Highways
There are two main highways that go through Parma: A1, to Milan to the west and to Bologna to the east, and A15, to La Spezia and the sea to the south.
Airport
The Province of Parma is served by the
Railways
The province is crossed by the Milan-Bologna railroad, one of the most important in Italy, with a station in Parma. The latter is the starting point for the following lines, connecting the city to the
- Pontremolese line, with a branch to Fidenza and Fornovo di Taro
- Parma-Piadena-Brescia
- Parma-Suzzara (held by Ferrovie Emilia Romagna Srl.
The station of Fidenza is an exchange point for the lines:
- Fidenza-Salsomaggiore Terme
- Fidenza-Cremona
Sport
Parma FC was founded in 1913. It is a Serie B football club renowned in Italy and Europe for its successes including three national cups, a European Cup Winner's Cup, two UEFA Cups, a European Supercup and an Italian Supercup. It plays in the city's stade Ennio Tardini which used to host up to 29,000 spectators but is being renovated in 2008 after the club was demoted to Serie B. In spring 2009 the team was promoted again in the top league (Serie A). Crociati Noceto play in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione, the fourth tier.[citation needed]
Parma is also home to two rugby union teams in the top national division, Overmach Rugby Parma and SKG Gran Rugby.[citation needed]
Parma Panthers is the Parma American football team for which John Grisham's book Playing for Pizza was based.[citation needed]
Also volleyball, women's basketball and baseball have large popularity in the city and have scored relevant successes.[citation needed]
Society
Quality of life
According to the CGIA of Mestre, in 2021 the province of Parma had the highest annual gross salaries for the private sector employees, after Milan.[4][5]
References
- ^ "Presidente". Provincia di Parma (in Italian). Retrieved 24 January 2023.
- ^ Regions and Cities > Regional Statistics > Regional Economy > Regional Gross Domestic Product (Small regions TL3), OECD.Stats. Accessed on 16 November 2018.
- ^ "Il governo della Provincia di Parma fino al 1951" [The governing of the Province of Parma until 1951] (in Italian). Archived from the original on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
- ^ "Work in Tuscany, how much you earn in the private sector: the salary ranking".
- ^ "Gross salary report for the year 2021" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 October 2023.
External links
- Provincia di Parma homepage (in Italian)