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:
 The pianura (plains), with the Po river on the northern border.
 The collina (hills).
 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(2016)  Area(km²)  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

References

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