Province o Massa an Carrara | |
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Region | Tuscany |
Caipital(s) | Massa |
Comuni | 17 |
Govrenment | |
• Preses | Osvaldo Angeli |
Area | |
• Total | 1157 km2 (447 sq mi) |
Population (2005) | |
• Total | 200,695 |
• Density | 170/km2 (450/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 54100 |
Telephone prefix | 0585 |
Vehicle registration | MS |
ISTAT | 045 |
The Province o Massa an Carrara (Italian: Provincia di Massa e 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.
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.[1][2]
The province covers haes an aurie o 1,157 km², an a total population o 200,695 (2005).[3] There are 17 comuni (singular: comune) in the province. As o 30 Juin 2005, the main comuni bi population are:
Comune | Population |
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Massa | 69,097 |
Carrara | 65,221 |
Aulla | 10,529 |
Montignoso | 10,154 |
Fivizzano | 8,947 |
Pontremoli | 8,112 |
Licciana Nardi | 4,892 |
Villafranca in Lunigiana | 4,663 |
Fosdinovo | 4,642 |
Mulazzo | 2,593 |
Filattiera | 2,411 |
Tresana | 2,052 |
Podenzana | 1,996 |
Bagnone | 1,975 |
Zeri | 1,296 |
Casola in Lunigiana | 1,193 |
Comano | 773 |
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.
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