Province of Grosseto explained

Province of Grosseto
Native Name:Provincia di Grosseto
Native Name Lang:it
Settlement Type:Province
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Italy
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Tuscany
Seat Type:Capital(s)
Seat:Grosseto
Parts Type:Comuni
Parts Style:para
P1:28
Leader Party:Centre-left
Leader Title:President
Leader Name:Francesco Limatola
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:4504
Population Total:225098
Population As Of:2013
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type2:GDP
Demographics2 Footnotes:[1]
Demographics2 Title1:Total
Demographics2 Info1:€5.299 billion (2015)
Demographics2 Title2:Per capita
Demographics2 Info2:€23,649 (2015)
Timezone1:CET
Utc Offset1:+1
Timezone1 Dst:CEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:58010-58012, 58014-58015, 58017, 58019-58020, 58022-58026, 58031, 58033-58034, 58036-58038, 58042-58045, 58051, 58053-58055
Area Code Type:Telephone prefix
Area Code:0564, 0566
Registration Plate:GR
Blank Name Sec1:ISTAT
Blank Info Sec1:053

The province of Grosseto (Italian: links=|provincia di Grosseto) is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Grosseto. As of 2013 the province had a total population of 225,098 people.[2]

Geography

The Province of Grosseto completely occupies the southern end of Tuscany, and with a territorial area of 4504km2, it is the most extensive in the region and one of the least dense in population in Italy. The province is bordered to the northwest by the Province of Livorno, to the north by the Province of Pisa, to the northeast by the Province of Siena, and to the southeast by the Province of Viterbo in Lazio. To the south is the Tyrrhenian Sea, which includes the southern islands of the Tuscan archipelago, including Isola del Giglio[3] and the smaller Giannutri islands and Formiche di Grosseto and Formica di Burano. The Arcipelago Toscano National Park spans both the provinces of Grosseto and Livorno, and includes the seven main islands of the Tuscan Archipelago: Elba, Isola del Giglio, Capraia, Montecristo, Pianosa, Giannutri, Gorgona, and some of the minor islands and rock outcrops.[4] The highest point in the park is Mount Capanne, at 1019m (3,343feet) in elevation, on the island of Elba.[5]

The Colline Metallifere (Metalliferous Hills) line the border in the south with Lazio, and contain the Natural Park of Maremma, that protects also some of the remainings of the large swamps that once covered the area. Other protected areas are the Diaccia Botrona marshland.[6] The principal rivers are the Ombrone,[7] Fiora, Albegna, Pecora, Bruna, Merse,, Farma and Chiarone. The coastline between the Gulf of Follonica and the mouth of the Chiarone is dominated by blue waters and pine forests, and is home to resorts such as Marina di Grosseto, Principina a Mare, Castiglione della Pescaia, Punta Ala, Puntone di Scarlino and Talamone.[8] Lakes include Lago dell'Accesa, Lago di Burano, Lago di San Floriano and Lago Acquato. Also of note is the volcanic cone of Mount Amiata, Bandite di Scarlino (213 m), Promontorio di Punta Ala e delle Rocchette (350 m), Monti dell'Uccellina (417 m), Monte Argentario (635 m), and Promontorio di Ansedonia (113 m).

Comuni

There are 28 Italian: [[comuni]] (singular: Italian: [[comune]]) in the province.[9] As of June 2014, the main Italian: comuni by population are:

CommunePopulation
Grosseto82,284
Follonica21,770
Orbetello14,911
Monte Argentario12,866
Roccastrada9,274
Gavorrano8,727
Massa Marittima8,600
Manciano7,386
Castiglione della Pescaia7,382

This is the complete list of comuni in the province of Grosseto:

Frazioni

This is the complete list of the Italian: [[frazioni]] (singular: Italian: [[frazione]]) – towns and villages – in the province of Grosseto:

Government

List of presidents of the province of Grosseto

class=unsortable PresidentTerm startTerm endParty
Emilio Suardi8 July 195127 September 1952Italian Communist Party
Mario Ferri27 September 19521967Italian Socialist Party
Antonio Palandri19671970Italian Communist Party
Luciano Giorgi19701980Italian Socialist Party
Claudio Asta19801983Italian Socialist Party
Fosco Monaci19831985Italian Socialist Party
Alberto Cerreti7 September 198514 July 1990Italian Socialist Party
Lamberto Ciani20 July 199024 April 1995Italian Socialist Party
Stefano Gentili8 May 199514 June 1999Democratic Party of the Left
Lio Scheggi16 June 199914 June 2004Democrats of the Left
Democratic Party
14 June 200423 June 2009
Leonardo Marras23 June 200914 October 2014Democratic Party
Emilio Bonifazi14 October 201419 July 2016Democratic Party
13Antonfrancesco Vivarelli Colonna9 January 2017 19 December 2021Centre-right independent
Francesco Limatola19 December 2021 IncumbentCentre-left independent

External links

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Notes and References

  1. http://stats.oecd.org/ Regions and Cities > Regional Statistics > Regional Economy > Regional Gross Domestic Product (Small regions TL3)
  2. Web site: Statistiche demografiche. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. 30 September 2014.
  3. Book: Hogg, Sylvie. Frommer's Italian Islands. 9 February 2011. John Wiley & Sons. 978-1-118-03347-0. 134.
  4. Web site: Parco Nazionale Arcipelago Toscano. Parks.it. 30 September 2014.
  5. Book: Facaros. Dana. Pauls. Michael. Tuscany, Umbria and the Marches. 2007. New Holland Publishers. 978-1-86011-359-8. 307.
  6. Web site: Benvenuto in Joomla. Parco-maremma.it. 29 September 2014.
  7. Book: Bowsky, William M.. A Medieval Italian Commune: Siena Under the Nine, 1287-1355. 1 January 1981. University of California Press. 978-0-520-04256-8. 6.
  8. Web site: Grosseto. Italia.it. 30 September 2014.
  9. Web site: Statistiche. Upinet.it. 29 September 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070807094512/http://www.upinet.it/indicatore.asp?id_statistiche=6. 7 August 2007.