Potenza Province
Potenza Province | |
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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
(Population figures as of December 31, 2019)
local community | Residents |
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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
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
- ↑ ISTAT