Province of Piacenza Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids

Province of Piacenza

Province

Palazzo Farnese, Piacenza

Coat of arms

Map with the province of Piacenza, in red, in Italy

Country

Italy

Region

Emilia-Romagna

Province

1859

Capital

Piacenza

Comuni

Area

• Total

2,585.86 km² (998.41 sq mi)

Population

(January 2017)

• Total

286,758

• Density

110.8946/km² (287.2158/sq mi)

Time zone

UTC+1 (CET)

• Summer (DST)

UTC+2 (CEST)

Postal code

29010, 29020, 29100

Telephone prefix

0523

ISO 3166 code

IT-PC

Vehicle registration

ISTAT

033

Website

Official website: http://www.provincia.piacenza.it

The Province of Piacenza (Italian: Provincia di Piacenza) is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its largest town and capital is the city of Piacenza.

Geography
Population
Administration
Gallery
See also

Geography

Map of the province of Piacenza

The province of Piacenza has an area of 2,585.86 km² (998 sq mi). It is the most western of the nine provinces in the region of Emilia-Romagna in northwestern Italy. It is divided in two zones from north to south; the northern part is largely flat (the Pianura Padana or valley of the Po river) but the southern two thirds are hilly and gets up the Apennines mountains.

The province is bordered to the north by the region of Lombardy (Cremona, Lodi and Pavia provinces), to the east by the Parma province, to the south by the region of Liguria (Metropolitan City of Genoa) and to the west by the region of Piedmont (Alessandria province).

	Lombardy region
Liguria region		Parma province
	Piacenza (province)

	Tuscany region

The main river in the province is the Po river.

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

Mignano (Lago di Mignano), at an altitude of 341 m (1,119 ft). It is the largest lake of the province with an area of 2 km² (0.77 sq mi).
Trebecco (Lago di Trebecco), at an altitude of 359 m (1,178 ft) with an area of 73,000 m² (790,000 sq ft).

The highest mountain in the province is Monte Bue (44°33′21″N 9°29′35″E / 44.55583°N 9.49306°E / 44.55583; 9.49306 (Monte Bue, Italy)); it is 1,780 m (5,840 ft) high.

Population

There are 286,758 persons living in the province (January 2017), for a population density of 110.9 inhabitants/km². The communes with more inhabitants are Piacenza (102,355 inhabitants) and Fiorenzuola d'Arda (15,306 inhabitants). The commune with fewest people living in it is Zerba, with 78 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	Agazzano	&&&&&&&&&&&02096.&&&&&02,096	36.15	58.0	187
2	Alseno	&&&&&&&&&&&04714.&&&&&04,714	55.27	85.3	81
3	Besenzone	&&&&&&&&&&&&0978.&&&&&0978	23.95	40.8	48
4	Bettola	&&&&&&&&&&&02828.&&&&&02,828	122.37	23.1	329
5	Bobbio	&&&&&&&&&&&03577.&&&&&03,577	106.53	33.6	272
6	Borgonovo Val Tidone	&&&&&&&&&&&07892.&&&&&07,892	51.22	154.1	114
7	Cadeo	&&&&&&&&&&&06118.&&&&&06,118	38.48	159.0	65
8	Calendasco	&&&&&&&&&&&02514.&&&&&02,514	36.94	68.1	55
9	Caminata	&&&&&&&&&&&&0252.&&&&&0252	3.17	79.5	364
10	Caorso	&&&&&&&&&&&04749.&&&&&04,749	40.98	115.9	42
11	Carpaneto Piacentino	&&&&&&&&&&&07715.&&&&&07,715	63.08	122.3	114
12	Castel San Giovanni	&&&&&&&&&&013726.&&&&&013,726	44.04	311.7	74
13	Castell'Arquato	&&&&&&&&&&&04713.&&&&&04,713	52.75	89.3	224
14	Castelvetro Piacentino	&&&&&&&&&&&05456.&&&&&05,456	35.06	155.6	39
15	Cerignale	&&&&&&&&&&&&0127.&&&&&0127	30.82	4.1	725
16	Coli	&&&&&&&&&&&&0879.&&&&&0879	71.69	12.3	638
17	Corte Brugnatella	&&&&&&&&&&&&0586.&&&&&0586	46.31	12.7	350
18	Cortemaggiore	&&&&&&&&&&&04644.&&&&&04,644	36.47	127.3	52
19	Farini	&&&&&&&&&&&01290.&&&&&01,290	112.36	11.5	424
20	Ferriere	&&&&&&&&&&&01294.&&&&&01,294	178.50	7.2	626
21	Fiorenzuola d'Arda	&&&&&&&&&&015297.&&&&&015,297	59.77	255.9	80
22	Gazzola	&&&&&&&&&&&02056.&&&&&02,056	44.48	46.2	139
23	Gossolengo	&&&&&&&&&&&05637.&&&&&05,637	31.10	181.3	86
24	Gragnano Trebbiense	&&&&&&&&&&&04554.&&&&&04,554	34.61	131.6	82
25	Gropparello	&&&&&&&&&&&02293.&&&&&02,293	56.33	40.7	355
26	Lugagnano Val d'Arda	&&&&&&&&&&&04116.&&&&&04,116	54.40	75.7	229
27	Monticelli d'Ongina	&&&&&&&&&&&05302.&&&&&05,302	46.33	114.4	40
28	Morfasso	&&&&&&&&&&&01024.&&&&&01,024	83.93	12.2	631
29	Nibbiano	&&&&&&&&&&&02177.&&&&&02,177	43.92	49.6	284
30	Ottone	&&&&&&&&&&&&0516.&&&&&0516	98.96	5.2	510
31	Pecorara	&&&&&&&&&&&&0730.&&&&&0730	53.77	13.6	481
32	Piacenza	&&&&&&&&&0102191.&&&&&0102,191	118.24	864.3	61
33	Pianello Val Tidone	&&&&&&&&&&&02202.&&&&&02,202	36.29	60.7	192
34	Piozzano	&&&&&&&&&&&&0641.&&&&&0641	43.61	14.7	222
35	Podenzano	&&&&&&&&&&&09167.&&&&&09,167	44.34	206.7	118
36	Ponte dell'Olio	&&&&&&&&&&&04794.&&&&&04,794	43.92	109.2	216
37	Pontenure	&&&&&&&&&&&06512.&&&&&06,512	33.85	192.4	65
38	Rivergaro	&&&&&&&&&&&07005.&&&&&07,005	43.83	159.8	140
39	Rottofreno	&&&&&&&&&&012127.&&&&&012,127	35.17	344.8	65
40	San Giorgio Piacentino	&&&&&&&&&&&05792.&&&&&05,792	49.19	117.7	103
41	San Pietro in Cerro	&&&&&&&&&&&&0878.&&&&&0878	27.35	32.1	44
42	Sarmato	&&&&&&&&&&&02879.&&&&&02,879	27.26	105.6	74
43	Travo	&&&&&&&&&&&02087.&&&&&02,087	81.01	25.8	176
44	Vernasca	&&&&&&&&&&&02131.&&&&&02,131	72.57	29.4	420
45	Vigolzone	&&&&&&&&&&&04297.&&&&&04,297	42.04	102.2	165
46	Villanova sull'Arda	&&&&&&&&&&&01811.&&&&&01,811	36.57	49.5	42
47	Zerba	&&&&&&&&&&&&&077.&&&&&077	24.13	3.2	906
48	Ziano Piacentino	&&&&&&&&&&&02556.&&&&&02,556	32.78	78.0	220