Province o Parma

The Province o Parma () is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region o Italy. Its caipital is the ceety o Parma.

It haes an aurie o 3,449 km², an a total population o 413,198 (2005). There are 47 comuni (singular: comune) in the province  , see Comuni o the Province o Parma.

Comuni
The main comuni bi population are:

ComunePopulationParma175,307Fidenza24,079Salsomaggiore Terme19,449Collecchio12,399Noceto11,349Medesano9,683Montechiarugolo9,648Sorbolo9,219Langhirano9,203Colorno8,649Traversetolo8,554Felino7,641Borgo Val di Taro7,142Busseto6,881Torrile6,775Fontanellato6,479Fornovo di Taro6,060Fontevivo5,388San Secondo Parmense5,194Soragna4,355

Cuisine
Parma is famous for its Prosciutto di Parma. The whole area is renowned for its sausage production, as well as for the Parmigiano Reggiano cheese and some kind of pasta like gnocchi di patate, cappelletti (or anolini) in brodo, tortelli with different stuffing (erbetta, potatoes, pumpkin, mushrooms, chestnuts, Tortél Dóls di Colorno) and chicche.

Transport
Heichgates
There are twa main heich-gates that go through Parma: A1 an A15.
Airport
The Province o Parma is servit bi the Giuseppe Verdi Airport.

Railways
The province is crossed bi the Milan-Bologna railwey, ane o the maist important in Italy, wi a station in Parma. The latter is the stairtin point for the follaein lines, connectin the ceety tae the Tyrrhenian Sea, Alps an the Po River delta:
Pontremolese line, wi a branch tae Fidenza an Fornovo di Taro
Parma-Piadena-Brescia
Parma-Suzzara (held bi Ferrovie Emilia Romagna Srl.

The station o Fidenza is an exchynge point for the lines:
Fidenza-Salsomaggiore Terme
Fidenza-Cremona

Sport
Parma F.C. wis foundit in 1913. It is a Serie A fitbaa club renouned in Italy an Europe for its successes includin three naitional cups, a European Cup Winner's Cup, twa UEFA Cups, a European Supercup an an Italian Supercup. It plays in the ceety's stade Ennio Tardini which uised tae host up tae 29,000 spectators but is being renovatit in 2008 efter the club wis demotit tae Serie B. In Ware 2009 the team wis promotit again in the top league (Serie A). Crociati Noceto play in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione, the fowert tier.

Parma is an aw hame tae twa rugby union teams in the top naitional diveesion, Overmach Rugby Parma an SKG Gran Rugby.

Parma Panthers is the Parma American fitbaw team for which John Grisham's beuk Playing for Pizza wis based.

An aw volleybaw, weemen's basketbaw an basebaw hae lairge popularity in the ceety an hae scored relevant successes.

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