Province o Parma

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

Province o Parma
Province
Map heichlichtin the location o the province o Parma in Italy
Kintra	Italy
Region	Emilia-Romagna
Caipital(s)	Parma
Comuni	47
Govrenment
• Preses	Vincenzo Bernazzoli
Area
• Total	3449 km2 (1,332 sq mi)
Population  (2008)
• Total	431,419
• Density	130/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	43010-43015 43017-43019 43021-43022 43024-43025 43028-43030 43032 43035-43045 43047 43049-43053 43055 43058-43059 43100
Telephone prefix	0521, 0524, 0525
Vehicle registration	PR
ISTAT	034

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 Archived 2007-08-07 at the Wayback Machine, see Comuni o the Province o Parma.

Comuni

Map o the province.

The main comuni bi population are:

Comune	Population
Parma	175,307
Fidenza	24,079
Salsomaggiore Terme	19,449
Collecchio	12,399
Noceto	11,349
Medesano	9,683
Montechiarugolo	9,648
Sorbolo	9,219
Langhirano	9,203
Colorno	8,649
Traversetolo	8,554
Felino	7,641
Borgo Val di Taro	7,142
Busseto	6,881
Torrile	6,775
Fontanellato	6,479
Fornovo di Taro	6,060
Fontevivo	5,388
San Secondo Parmense	5,194
Soragna	4,355

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.

Freemit airtins

• Provincia di Parma homepage (in Italian)