Province o Massa an Carrara

The Province o Massa an Carrara (), till 2009 Province o Massa-Carrara, is a province in the Tuscany region o Italy. It is namit efter the twa main touns in its territory: Carrara an Massa, its caipital.

History

The province o "Massa e Carrara" wis formit in 1859 frae the separation o the Lunigiana and the Garfagnana frae the Ducato o Modena. In oreegin it wis composed o three “ Circondari”: I° “Circondario o Massa an Carrara” (compoond frae 7 destricts airticulatit in 14 municipalities), II° “Circondario” of Castelnuovo Garfagnana (compoond frae 4 destricts airticulatit in 17 Municipalities), III° “Circondario” o Pontremoli (compound from 3 Districts airticulatit in 6 Municipalities). The province till the census o 1871 appears comprised in region “Emilia”, but wi the census o the population o 1881 in Tuscany. Later on, wi “Regio Decreto n.1913 o the sept. 2, 1923, the municipalities o “Calice al Cornoviglio” an “Rocchetta Vara” wur detached frae the province, in order tae mak them tae enter in the new province o La Spezia. In same period (R.D n.2490 o November 9 1923) the 17 municipalities o the “Circondario” Castelnuovo Garfagnana wur remuivit them an aw aw that wur assigned tae the province o Lucca in order tae compensate it o the passage tae the new province o Pistoia o aw the municipalities o the Val di Nievole. The province o Massa an Carrara remained thus crippled waitin for a its reorganization. In the 1938 the Municipalities o Carrara, Massa an Montignoso, came fused nell' anerlie municipality o Apuania. In that same year the industrial zone Apuana wis institutit (includin in relative Consortium C.Z.I.A an aw the Municipalities o the Versilia neebour) an the province assumit the name o province o Apuania. In the 1946 wi decree Liutenand ane (Umberto II o Savoia) the new Municipality o Apuania wis meltit an the province (for error an/or historical ignorance) resumptions the denomination does no date frae 1859 when it wis "Massa an Carrara" but Massa (name wi which it came designatit tae the ceety o Massa or Massa o Carrara frae 1700 till Kinrick o Italy (1860), denomination that, in order tae distinguish it frae the ither homonymous ceeties, the chief toun continued till the institution o the unifeed Municipality o Apuania) an wi same the decree liutenant were placit tae Massa.

In 2009 baith decrees o 1938 an 1946 wur abolished, restorin the auld name. Restituita la e a Massa Carrara Si torna all'antica denominazione 

Geography an admeenistration
The province covers haes an aurie o 1,157 km², an a total population o 200,695 (2005).Italian Institute of Statistics  There are 17 comuni (singular: comune) in the province. As o 30 Juin 2005, the main comuni bi population are:

ComunePopulationMassa69,097Carrara65,221Aulla10,529Montignoso10,154Fivizzano8,947Pontremoli8,112Licciana Nardi4,892Villafranca in Lunigiana4,663Fosdinovo4,642Mulazzo2,593Filattiera2,411Tresana2,052Podenzana1,996Bagnone1,975Zeri1,296Casola in Lunigiana1,193Comano773

350px|Map o Tuscany showin the location o the province.

Economy
The province's economical relevance, ance mainly based on the production o the famous white Carrara marble, haes nou shiftit tae the importation an fabrication o blocks o marble an granite frae aw ower the warld.

See an aw
Carrara
Duchy o Massa an Carrara
Lunigiana
Marble
Massa
Ducal Palace o Massa, hame o the local authority

References

Freemit airtins
 Province hamepage


Massa-Carrara