Province of Vicenza

The Province of Vicenza (Italian: Provincia di Vicenza) is a province in the Veneto region in northern Italy. Its capital city is Vicenza.

Province of Vicenza
Province
Villa Cordellina Lombardi, the provincial seat.
Coat of arms
Map highlighting the location of the province of Vicenza in Italy
Country Italy
Region Veneto
Capital(s)Vicenza
Comuni119
Government
 • PresidentFrancesco Rucco
Area
 • Total2,722.53 km2 (1,051.17 sq mi)
Population
 (30 June 2019)
 • Total938,957
 • Density340/km2 (890/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
36010-36078, 36100
Telephone prefix0424, 0444, 0445
Vehicle registrationVI
ISTAT024
Veneto region, Vicenza blue color

The province has an area of 2,722.53 km², and a total population of 865,082 (as of 2017). There are 199 comuni (municipalities) in the province.[1] Towns in the province include Bassano del Grappa, Schio, Arzignano, Montecchio Maggiore, Thiene, Torri di Quartesolo, Noventa Vicentina, Marostica, Lonigo and Valdagno.

Population is unevenly spread throughout the province. More than 60% of the populace resides in densely industrialised areas in the eastern, western, and northern (known as Alto Vicentino) conurbations, as well as the area surrounding Bassano del Grappa. The remaining 40% reside in predominantly rural areas in the southern part of the province (the Colli Berici and Basso Vicentino) or the Asiago plateau.

Economic development in some areas is hindered by industrial and agricultural depression. Towns in the western section such as Valdagno and Montecchio Maggiore suffer from high unemployment, following a decline in steel and textile industries. The Colli Berici and Basso Vicentino remain overwhelmingly agricultural and present high levels of unemployment. The heavily industrial Alto Vicentino area alone accounts for half of the province's GDP.

Federico Faggin, an Italian physicist/electrical engineer principally responsible for the design of the first microprocessor, was born in Vicenza.

Vicenza map

Comunes

There were 116 comuni (singular: comune) in the province (dati: Istat 01/01/2018):

Pos. Comune di Population
(ab)		 Area
(km²)		 Density
(ab/km²)		 Altitude
(m.s.l.m.)
1º Vicenza 111.620 80,57 1.385 39
2º Bassano del Grappa 43.481 47,06 924 129
3º Schio 39.082 66,21 590 200
4º Valdagno 26.016 50,22 518 230
5º Arzignano 25.605 34,19 749 118
6º Thiene 24.309 19,70 1.234 147
7º Montecchio Maggiore 23.316 30,53 763 72
8º Lonigo 16.466 49,42 333 31
9º Malo 14.855 30,53 487 116
10º Cassola 14.771 12,74 1.159 92

Economy

The industrial sector plays a primary role and over the last half century has supplanted the predominant agricultural sector: since the second post-war period, the province has in fact been one of the major interpreters of the remarkable economic and industrial development of the North-East of Italy. The most important economic activities in the province are textile, tanning, marble extraction, ceramics, furniture, but above all jewelry.

Small and medium-sized enterprises predominate on the territory, making the province of Vicenza one of the most important on a national level, and which have developed, giving rise to mainly 4 industrial districts:

  • The leather district in the Chiampo Valley, in Arzignano, Chiampo, Montorso Vicentino, Zermeghedo and Montebello Vicentino,
  • The wool and yarn district in the towns of Schio and Valdagno (historically linked to the two large local industries, Lanerossi and Marzotto respectively)
  • The goldsmith district in Vicenza, Trissino and Camisano Vicentino
  • The electronics district in Vicenza

Other activities typically linked to the territory are:

  • The distilleries in Bassano del Grappa, considered the world capital of grappa
  • The furniture factories in Bassano del Grappa
  • The production of ceramics in Nove and Vicenza.

See also

References
  1. The Italian institute of statistics, Istat, see this link Archived 2007-08-07 at the Wayback Machine

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