Potenza Province

Potenza Province
State :	Italy
Region :	Basilicata
Area :	6,548.49 km² ( 6. )
Residents :	360,936 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	55.1 inhabitants / km²
Number of municipalities:	100
License plate :	PZ
ISO-3166-2 identification :	IT-PZ
Website:	official page

The Province of Potenza (Italian Provincia di Potenza ) is an Italian province in the Basilicata region . The province was called Basilicata Province before 1871, but was only a part of today's Basilicata region.

The province has 360,936 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) who live in 100 communities on a total of 6,549 km². The capital of the same name is Potenza . Like the entire Basilicata region, the province is traditionally very poor and experienced numerous waves of emigration between 1850 and 1950 .

Largest communities

Palazzo della Provincia di Potenza

(Population figures as of December 31, 2019)

local community	Residents
Potenza	66,459
Melfi	17,592
Lavello	13,371
Rionero in Vulture	12,940
Lauria	12,393
Venosa	11,478
Avigliano	11,081
Tito	7283
Senise	6863
Pignola	6887
Sant'Arcangelo	6206
Picerno	5758
Genzano di Lucania	5566
Marsicovetere	5583
Lagonegro	5310
Muro Lucano	5200
Maratea	4995
Bella	4916
Palazzo San Gervasio	4690
Latronico	4288

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

Web links

• Official website of the province (Italian)

Individual evidence

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