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Province of Parma

Province of Parma
Province
Coat of arms of Province of Parma
Coat of arms
Map highlighting the location of the province of Parma in Italy
Map highlighting the location of the province of Parma in Italy
Country  Italy
Region Emilia-Romagna
Capital(s) Parma
Comuni 47
Government
 • President Filippo Fritelli
Area
 • Total 3,449 km2 (1,332 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2016)
 • Total 447,779
 • Density 130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 43010-43015
43017-43019
43021-43022
43024-43025
43028-43030
43032
43035-43045
43047
43049-43053
43055
43058-43059
43100
Telephone prefix 0521, 0524, 0525
Vehicle registration PR
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 sub-divisions called comuni, which have their own elected sindaco (mayor), legislative body and executive body. It has an area of 3,449 square kilometres (1,332 sq mi) and a total population of about 475,000.

The province is enclosed by the Province of Reggio Emilia to the east, the Piacenza to the west, Lombardy's provinces of Cremona and Mantova to the north and Liguria's provinces of Spezia and Genoa.

It was to be merged with the Province of Piacenza in 2014 to form the Province of Parma-Piacenza.

In 1861, Italian provinces were established on the French republican model.

Italian Fascism saw the end of elections in the Province of Parma in the 1920s until the end of the Second World War.

In October 2012, it was confirmed that the Province of Parma would be merged with the Province of Piacenza in 2014 to become the Province of Piacenza and Parma, despite controversy over the chosen name. However, its name was altered to the Province of Parma–Piacenza in the following month.

The province is divided into three zones from north to south: the pianura (plains), the collina (hills) and the montagna (mountains). The first of these is surrounded by the Po. The main centres of the collina and montagna are situated along the course of the main rivers, which descend from the Parmesan Apennine Mountains.


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