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Province of Parma

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.

Province of Parma
Palazzo Giordani, the provincial seat
Map highlighting the location of the province of Parma in Italy
Coordinates: 44°47′42.2″N 10°19′52.3″E / 44.795056°N 10.331194°E / 44.795056; 10.331194
Country Italy
RegionEmilia-Romagna
Capital(s)Parma
Comuni47
Government
 • PresidentAndrea Massari (December 2021)[1]
Area
 • Total3,449 km2 (1,332 sq mi)
Population
 (30 September 2016)
 • Total449,191
 • Density130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Parmense
Parmesan
GDP
 • Total€15.672 billion (2015)
 • Per capita€35,093 (2015)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
  • 43010-43015
  • 43017-43019
  • 43021-43022
  • 43024-43025
  • 43028-43030
  • 43032
  • 43035-43045
  • 43047
  • 43049-43053
  • 43055
  • 43058-43059
  • 43100
Telephone prefixes0521, 0524, 0525
ISO 3166 codeIT-PR
Vehicle registrationPR
ISTAT034

It is made up of 47 comuni (sg.: comune). It has an area of 3,449 square kilometres (1,332 sq mi) and a total population of around 450,000.

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 edit

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.[3]

Geography edit

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 edit

The part in the North of the Province comprises Parma, Fidenza and various smaller towns, and covers from the Po river to the foothills at an altitude of 50 to 100 m amsl. This area has a continental climate, with cold winters (minimum temperatures around −1 °C in the city centres, −3 °C to −4° in the countryside on average) with an average of 45 to 60 cm of snow each year, hot and humid summers (maximum temperatures over 30 °C on average). During autumns and springs it is not uncommon to encounter fog, with an average of 31 days of fog a year in the city of Parma and higher values on the countryside, particularly in the area close to the Po river. During summer, thunderstorms with heavy rain and hail can hit the area. This is the part of the Province that hosts the vast majority of the industrial production, while the rest of the land is extensively used to grow crops, mainly wheat, tomatoes (with Mutti and various other producers based here) and alfalfa to feed the cows whose milk is used to produce Parmesan cheese.

The hills edit

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 Apennine begin to grow into fully developed mountains, between 100 and around 700 m amsl. Many of those towns are built around medieval castles, such as Bardi, Torrechiara, Compiano and many others. In this area the climate is slightly different from that of the plains, with less foggy days, milder temperatures (higher minimum temperatures during winter and lower maximum temperatures during summer due to its height that makes it less prone to Temperature inversions. Here, cultivated fields and wide woods coexist, mainly because part of the land is owned by families no longer living in the area, as big chunks of the population migrated to the plains or to other nations, mainly the United States, the United Kingdom and Argentina, over the course of the 20th century.

The mountains edit

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 Mount Sillara, Mount Losanna and Mount Marmagna. Due to the geographical nature of this mountain range, the Parmesan side, facing North, has considerably longer nights than the rest of Pianura padana and the Italian Alps, even during summer. In this area the climate is Alpine, with long winters, temperatures frequently reaching double digits negatives and snow falling from October to May, typically leaving the tops snow-free only from mid June to the end of September. During the summer months temperatures reach the lower 20s°C only when intense heat waves hit the region, while minimum temperatures are in the 5–8 °C range, depending on the altitude. Almost daily thunderstorms develop on these mountains during summer, rarely being snow thunderstorms. The mountains are almost completely covered in forests to a height of about 1500 m amsl, where grass, heather and various berries predominate. Two main towns are located in the valleys between the Apennine mountains: Bedonia and Borgotaro, historically in control of commercial traffic through the passes to Liguria (Passo del Tomarlo, Passo della Cisa, Passo del Brattello, Passo del Bocco and others).

Comuni edit

 
Map of the province

The province of Parma comprises 47 comuni (sg.: comune). The 20 largest of these are:

Comune Population
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 edit

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 edit

Highways edit

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 edit

The Province of Parma is served by the Giuseppe Verdi Airport.

Railways edit

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 Tyrrhenian Sea, Alps and the Po River delta:

The station of Fidenza is an exchange point for the lines:

Sport edit

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 edit

Quality of life edit

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 edit

  1. ^ "Presidente". Provincia di Parma (in Italian). Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  2. ^ Regions and Cities > Regional Statistics > Regional Economy > Regional Gross Domestic Product (Small regions TL3), OECD.Stats. Accessed on 16 November 2018.
  3. ^ [The governing of the Province of Parma until 1951] (in Italian). Archived from the original on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  4. ^ "Work in Tuscany, how much you earn in the private sector: the salary ranking".
  5. ^ "Gross salary report for the year 2021" (PDF). (PDF) from the original on 28 October 2023.

External links edit

  • Provincia di Parma homepage (in Italian)

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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 Province of ParmaProvincePalazzo Giordani the provincial seatFlagCoat of armsMap highlighting the location of the province of Parma in ItalyCoordinates 44 47 42 2 N 10 19 52 3 E 44 795056 N 10 331194 E 44 795056 10 331194Country ItalyRegionEmilia RomagnaCapital s ParmaComuni47Government PresidentAndrea Massari December 2021 1 Area Total3 449 km2 1 332 sq mi Population 30 September 2016 Total449 191 Density130 km2 340 sq mi Demonym s ParmenseParmesanGDP 2 Total 15 672 billion 2015 Per capita 35 093 2015 Time zoneUTC 01 00 CET Summer DST UTC 02 00 CEST Postal code43010 43015 43017 43019 43021 43022 43024 43025 43028 43030 43032 43035 43045 43047 43049 43053 43055 43058 43059 43100Telephone prefixes0521 0524 0525ISO 3166 codeIT PRVehicle registrationPRISTAT034 It is made up of 47 comuni sg comune It has an area of 3 449 square kilometres 1 332 sq mi and a total population of around 450 000 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 Contents 1 History 2 Geography 2 1 The plains 2 2 The hills 2 3 The mountains 3 Comuni 4 Cuisine 5 Transport 5 1 Highways 5 2 Airport 5 3 Railways 6 Sport 7 Society 7 1 Quality of life 8 References 9 External linksHistory editIn 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 3 Geography editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Province of Parma news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2023 Learn how and when to remove this message 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 edit The part in the North of the Province comprises Parma Fidenza and various smaller towns and covers from the Po river to the foothills at an altitude of 50 to 100 m amsl This area has a continental climate with cold winters minimum temperatures around 1 C in the city centres 3 C to 4 in the countryside on average with an average of 45 to 60 cm of snow each year hot and humid summers maximum temperatures over 30 C on average During autumns and springs it is not uncommon to encounter fog with an average of 31 days of fog a year in the city of Parma and higher values on the countryside particularly in the area close to the Po river During summer thunderstorms with heavy rain and hail can hit the area This is the part of the Province that hosts the vast majority of the industrial production while the rest of the land is extensively used to grow crops mainly wheat tomatoes with Mutti and various other producers based here and alfalfa to feed the cows whose milk is used to produce Parmesan cheese The hills edit 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 Apennine begin to grow into fully developed mountains between 100 and around 700 m amsl Many of those towns are built around medieval castles such as Bardi Torrechiara Compiano and many others In this area the climate is slightly different from that of the plains with less foggy days milder temperatures higher minimum temperatures during winter and lower maximum temperatures during summer due to its height that makes it less prone to Temperature inversions Here cultivated fields and wide woods coexist mainly because part of the land is owned by families no longer living in the area as big chunks of the population migrated to the plains or to other nations mainly the United States the United Kingdom and Argentina over the course of the 20th century The mountains edit 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 Mount Sillara Mount Losanna and Mount Marmagna Due to the geographical nature of this mountain range the Parmesan side facing North has considerably longer nights than the rest of Pianura padana and the Italian Alps even during summer In this area the climate is Alpine with long winters temperatures frequently reaching double digits negatives and snow falling from October to May typically leaving the tops snow free only from mid June to the end of September During the summer months temperatures reach the lower 20s C only when intense heat waves hit the region while minimum temperatures are in the 5 8 C range depending on the altitude Almost daily thunderstorms develop on these mountains during summer rarely being snow thunderstorms The mountains are almost completely covered in forests to a height of about 1500 m amsl where grass heather and various berries predominate Two main towns are located in the valleys between the Apennine mountains Bedonia and Borgotaro historically in control of commercial traffic through the passes to Liguria Passo del Tomarlo Passo della Cisa Passo del Brattello Passo del Bocco and others Comuni editMain article Comuni of the Province of Parma nbsp Map of the province The province of Parma comprises 47 comuni sg comune The 20 largest of these are Comune Population 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 355Cuisine editParma 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 tortel dols di Colorno and chicche Transport editHighways edit 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 edit The Province of Parma is served by the Giuseppe Verdi Airport Railways edit 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 Tyrrhenian Sea Alps and the Po River delta 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 CremonaSport editParma 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 editQuality of life edit 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 edit Presidente Provincia di Parma in Italian Retrieved 24 January 2023 Regions and Cities gt Regional Statistics gt Regional Economy gt 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 editProvincia di Parma homepage in Italian Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Province of Parma amp oldid 1202471705, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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