Matera province

Matera province
State :	Italy
Region :	Basilicata
Area :	3,446.12 km² ( 28th )
Residents :	195,998 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	56.9 inhabitants / km²
Number of municipalities:	31
License plate :	MT
ISO-3166-2 identification :	IT-MT
Website:	official page

The Province of Matera (Italian Provincia di Matera ) is an Italian province of the Basilicata region . It was established in 1927 . The capital is Matera .

The province has 195,998 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in 31 municipalities on an area of ​​3,446 km².

The district of Timpa Pizzuta in the municipality of Tricarico near Brindisi Montagna is an exclave of the province of Matera in the province of Potenza .

Largest communities

Palazzo del Governo di Matera

(Population figures as of December 31, 2019)

local community	Residents
Matera	60,411
Pisticci	17,432
Policoro	17,888
Bernalda	12,115
Montescaglioso	9616
Ferrandina	8308
Scanzano Jonico	7612
Montalbano Jonico	6988
Nova Siri	6723
Tricarico	5013
Grassano	4978
Tursi	4901
Irsina	4632
Stigliano	3914
Pomarico	4001

The list of municipalities in Basilicata includes all municipalities in the province with population figures.

Web links

Commons : Province of Matera  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the province (Italian)
• Documentary about the Sassi di Matera, Roba Forestiera, 44 min., 2004 (German)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.