Province of Piacenza

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Province of Piacenza
Province
The provincial seat in 1981
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The province of Piacenza (

In October 2012, it was confirmed that the province of Piacenza would be merged with the province of Parma in 2014 to become the Province of Piacenza and Parma, despite controversy over the chosen name.^[4][5] However, after the dismissal of premier Mario Monti, the provincial union was cancelled.

Geography

The province of Piacenza is the westernmost of the nine provinces in the region of Emilia-Romagna in northwestern Italy. It is bounded on the east by the province of Parma, and to the north by the province of Cremona, the province of Lodi, and the province of Pavia in the region of Lombardy. The province of Alessandria lies to the west in the region of Piedmont, and to the south lies the province of Genoa, in the region of Liguria.^[6]

The northernmost part of the province is largely flat but the southernmost two thirds are hilly and extend to the Ligurian Apennine Mountains; the highest point in the province is the peak of Monte Bue which is 1,777 metres (5,830 ft) above sea level. The alluvial Po Plain is agricultural land and there are many vineyards growing grapes from which the eighteen wines of the region are made. There is some light industry, mostly in the mechanical sector, and some of this is linked to the agriculture sector.^[7]

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