| Province of Vicenza | |
| Native Name Lang: | it |
| Settlement Type: | Province |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Italy |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Seat Type: | Capital(s) |
| Seat: | Vicenza |
| Parts Type: | Comuni |
| Parts Style: | para |
| P1: | 119 |
| Leader Title: | President |
| Leader Name: | Francesco Rucco |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 2722.53 |
| Population Total: | 938957 |
| Population As Of: | 30 June 2019 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type2: | GDP |
| Demographics2 Footnotes: | [1] |
| Demographics2 Title1: | Total |
| Demographics2 Info1: | €27.697 billion (2015) |
| Demographics2 Title2: | Per capita |
| Demographics2 Info2: | €31,890 (2015) |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 36010-36078, 36100 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone prefix |
| Area Code: | 0424, 0444, 0445 |
| Registration Plate: | VI |
| Blank Name Sec1: | ISTAT |
| Blank Info Sec1: | 024 |
The province of Vicenza (provincia de Vicensa; Italian: provincia di Vicenza) is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital city is Vicenza.
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.[2] 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.
There were 116 comuni (: 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 |
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 Northeast 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:
Other activities typically linked to the territory are:
According to the European Environment Agency, in 2023 it was the 362nd most polluted city in Europe (out of a sample of 375 cities) and the third in Italy, after the provinces of Cremona and Padua.[3]