Province of Parma

The **Province of Parma** () is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its largest town and capital is the city of Parma.

## Geography

The province of Parma has an area of . The territory of Parma is divided into three zones from north to south:
1. The _pianura_ (plains), with the Po river on the northern border.
1. The _collina_ (hills).
1. The _montagna_ (mountains).

The main towns of the _collina_ and _montagna_ are along the course of the main rivers that flow from the Apennine Mountains in the province and then into the Po river.

The province is bordered to the north by Lombardy (Mantua and Cremona provinces), to the east by the Reggio Emilia province, to the south by Tuscany (Massa-Carrara province) and Liguria (La Spezia province and the Metropolitan City of Genoa), to the west by the Piacenza province.

The main rivers in the province are the Taro, Parma and Ceno.

The main lakes in the province are in the mountains; two of them are:

- Santo (_Lago Santo parmense_), at an altitude of . It is the largest natural lake in the northern Apennines with an area of .
- Ballano Lake (_Lago Ballano_), at an altitude of . It is the second largest lake in the region with an area of .

The highest mountains in the province are:
- _Monte Sillara_,  high.
- _Monte Marmagna_,  high.
- _Monte Orsaro_,  high.
- _Monte Maggiorasca_,  high.

Among the protected areas in the province are the _Parco regionale delle Valli del Cedra e del Parma_ (called also as _Parco dei Cento Laghi_) and the _Parco nazionale dell'Appennino Tosco-Emiliano_.

## Population

There are 448,899 persons living in the province (January 2017), for a population density of  inhabitants/km². The communes with more inhabitants are Parma (194,417 inhabitants) and Fidenza (26,826 inhabitants). The commune with fewest people living in it is Valmozzola, with 533 inhabitants.

## Administration

The following shows the 45 _comuni_ with the population, and the area and altitude.

|No.|_Comune_|Population <small>(2016)</small> !! Area <small>(km²)</small> !! Density !! Altitude||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Albareto||104.11||512|
|2|Bardi||189.90||625|
|3|Bedonia||169.56||500|
|4|Berceto||131.71||808|
|5|Bore||43.01||835|
|6|Borgo Val di Taro||151.49||411|
|7|Busseto||76.59||40|
|8|Calestano||57.36||417|
|9|Collecchio||58.83||112|
|10|Colorno||48.41||29|
|11|Compiano||37.53||519|
|12|Corniglio||165.70||690|
|13|Felino||38.35||185|
|14|Fidenza||95.12||75|
|15|Fontanellato||53.98||45|
|16|Fontevivo||26.00||53|
|17|Fornovo di Taro||57.52||158|
|18|Langhirano||70.84||265|
|19|Lesignano de' Bagni||47.49||252|
|20|Medesano||88.77||136|
|21|Mezzani||27.65||27|
|22|Monchio delle Corti||69.04||820|
|23|Montechiarugolo||48.20||128|
|24|Neviano degli Arduini||105.96||517|
|25|Noceto||79.17||76|
|26|Palanzano||69.80||691|
|27|Parma||260.60||57|
|28|Pellegrino Parmense||82.08||410|
|29|Polesine Zibello||48.51||35|
|30|Roccabianca||40.46||32|
|31|Sala Baganza||30.76||162|
|32|Salsomaggiore Terme||81.50||157|
|33|San Secondo Parmense||37.71||38|
|34|Sissa Trecasali||72.72||33|
|35|Solignano||73.14||232|
|36|Soragna||45.39||47|
|37|Sorbolo||39.33||34|
|38|Terenzo||72.70||541|
|39|Tizzano Val Parma||78.39||814|
|40|Tornolo||67.48||620|
|41|Torrile||37.15||32|
|42|Traversetolo||54.86||176|
|43|Valmozzola||67.64||565|
|44|Varano de' Melegari||64.92||190|
|45|Varsi||80.07||412|

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Province of Parma
- **native name lang**: it
- **settlement type**: Provinces of Italy, Province
- **image skyline**: I-PR-Parma14.JPG
- **image alt**: Palazzo della Provincia
- **image caption**: Palazzo della Provincia, Parma
- **image flag**: Flag of the province of Parma.svg
- **image shield**: Provincia di Parma-Stemma.svg
- **shield size**: 75px
- **image map**: Parma in Italy.svg
- **map alt**: Map with the province of Parma in Italy
- **map caption**: Map with the province of Parma, in red, in Italy
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: Regions of Italy, Region
- **subdivision name1**: Emilia-Romagna
- **established title**: Province
- **established date**: 1859
- **seat type**: Capital city, Capital
- **seat**: Parma
- **parts type**: _Comune, Comuni_
- **parts style**: para
- **p1**: 45
- **leader title**: President
- **leader name**: Filippo Fritelli
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area total km2**: 3447.48
- **population total**: 448899
- **population as of**: January 2017
- **population density km2**: auto
- **timezone1**: Central European Time, CET
- **utc offset1**: +1
- **timezone1 dst**: Central European Summer Time, CEST
- **utc offset1 dst**: +2
- **postal code type**: Postal code
- **postal code**: 43121-43126 Parma, 43010-43059 Provincia
- **area code type**: Telephone prefix
- **area code**: 0521, 0524, 0525
- **iso code**: IT-PR
- **registration plate**: Italian car number plates, PR
- **blank name sec1**: Istituto Nazionale di Statistica, ISTAT
- **blank info sec1**: 034
- **website**: [http://www.provincia.parma.it Official website]