Province of Vicenza

Province of Vicenza
The Province of Vicenza is a province in the Veneto region in northern Italy. Its capital city is Vicenza.
The province has an area of 2,722.53 km², and a total population of 865,082 (as of 2017). There are 199 comuni (municipalities) in the province. Towns in the province include Bassano del Grappa, Schio, Arzignano, Montecchio Maggiore, Thiene, Torri di Quartesolo, Noventa Vicentina, Marostica, Lonigo and Valdagno.
Population is unevenly spread throughout the province. More than 60% of the populace resides in densely industrialised areas in the eastern, western, and northern (known as Alto Vicentino) conurbations, as well as the area surrounding Bassano del Grappa. The remaining 40% reside in predominantly rural areas in the southern part of the province (the Colli Berici and Basso Vicentino) or the Asiago plateau.
Economic development in some areas is hindered by industrial and agricultural depression. Towns in the western section such as Valdagno and Montecchio Maggiore suffer from high unemployment, following a decline in steel and textile industries. The Colli Berici and Basso Vicentino remain overwhelmingly agricultural and present high levels of unemployment. The heavily industrial Alto Vicentino area alone accounts for half of the province's GDP.
Federico Faggin, an Italian physicist/electrical engineer principally responsible for the design of the first microprocessor, was born in Vicenza.
Comunes
There were 116 comuni (singular: comune) in the province (dati: Istat 01/01/2018):
Agugliaro
Albettone
Alonte
Altavilla Vicentina
Altissimo
Arcugnano
Arsiero
Arzignano
Asiago
Asigliano Veneto
Barbarano Mossano
Bassano del Grappa
Bolzano Vicentino
Breganze
Brendola
Bressanvido
Brogliano
Caldogno
Caltrano
Calvene
Camisano Vicentino
Campiglia dei Berici
Carrè
Cartigliano
Cassola
Castegnero
Castelgomberto
Chiampo
Chiuppano
Cogollo del Cengio
Colceresa
Cornedo Vicentino
Costabissara
Creazzo
Crespadoro
Dueville
Enego
Fara Vicentino
Foza
Gallio
Gambellara
Gambugliano
Grisignano di Zocco
Grumolo delle Abbadesse
Isola Vicentina
Laghi
Lastebasse
Longare
Lonigo
Lugo di Vicenza
Lusiana Conco
Malo
Marano Vicentino
Marostica
Monte di Malo
Montebello Vicentino
Montecchio Maggiore
Montecchio Precalcino
Montegalda
Montegaldella
Monteviale
Monticello Conte Otto
Montorso Vicentino
Mussolente
Nanto
Nogarole Vicentino
Nove
Noventa Vicentina
Orgiano
Pedemonte
Pianezze
Piovene Rocchette
Pojana Maggiore
Posina
Pove del Grappa
Pozzoleone
Quinto Vicentino
Recoaro Terme
Roana
Romano d'Ezzelino
Rossano Veneto
Rosà
Rotzo
Salcedo
San Pietro Mussolino
San Vito di Leguzzano
Sandrigo
Santorso
Sarcedo
Sarego
Schiavon
Schio
Solagna
Sossano
Sovizzo
Tezze sul Brenta
Thiene
Tonezza del Cimone
Torrebelvicino
Torri di Quartesolo
Trissino
Valbrenta
Valdagno
Valdastico
Valli del Pasubio
Val Liona
Velo d'Astico
Vicenza
Villaga
Villaverla
Zanè
Zermeghedo
Zovencedo
Zugliano
Economy
The industrial sector plays a primary role and over the last half century has supplanted the predominant agricultural sector: since the second post-war period, the province has in fact been one of the major interpreters of the remarkable economic and industrial development of the North-East of Italy. The most important economic activities in the province are textile, tanning, marble extraction, ceramics, furniture, but above all jewelry.
Small and medium-sized enterprises predominate on the territory, making the province of Vicenza one of the most important on a national level, and which have developed, giving rise to mainly 4 industrial districts:
The leather district in the Chiampo Valley, in Arzignano, Chiampo, Montorso Vicentino, Zermeghedo and Montebello Vicentino,
The wool and yarn district in the towns of Schio and Valdagno (historically linked to the two large local industries, Lanerossi and Marzotto respectively)
The goldsmith district in Vicenza, Trissino and Camisano Vicentino
The electronics district in Vicenza
Other activities typically linked to the territory are:
The distilleries in Bassano del Grappa, considered the world capital of grappa
The furniture factories in Bassano del Grappa
The production of ceramics in Nove and Vicenza.
Quality of life
According to the European Environment Agency, in 2023 it was the 362nd most polluted city in Europe (out of a sample of 375 cities) and the third in Italy, after the provinces of Cremona and Padua.
See also
Calà del Sasso
Strada delle 52 Gallerie
Stele of Isola Vicentina
References
External links
Guide to Outdoor Activities in the Vicenza Province
Vicenza