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The
Province of Grosseto is a
provinceIn Italy, a province is an administrative division of intermediate level between a municipality and a region .-Overview:...
in the
TuscanyTuscany is a region in Italy. It has an area of about 23,000 square kilometres and a population of about 3.75 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence ....
region of
ItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. Its capital is the city of
GrossetoGrosseto is a city and comune in the central Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of the Province of Grosseto. The city lies 14 km from the Tyrrhenian Sea, in the Maremma, at the centre of an alluvial plain, on the Ombrone river....
.
Geography
It has an area of 4,504 km², and a total population of 227.498 (2010). There are 28
comuni (singular:
comuneIn Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...
) in the province
http://www.upinet.it/indicatore.asp?id_statistiche=6.
As of June 2005, the main comuni by population are:
| Commune |
Population |
GrossetoGrosseto is a city and comune in the central Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of the Province of Grosseto. The city lies 14 km from the Tyrrhenian Sea, in the Maremma, at the centre of an alluvial plain, on the Ombrone river....
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82,284 |
| Follonica Follonica is a town and comune of province of Grosseto in the Italian region of Tuscany, on the Gulf of Follonica , about 40 km NW of the city of Grosseto.-History:...
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22,142 |
OrbetelloOrbetello is a town and comune in the province of Grosseto , Italy. It is located c. 35 km south of Grosseto, on the eponymous lagoon, which is home to an important Natural Reserve.-History:...
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15,217 |
Monte ArgentarioMonte Argentario is a comune and a peninsula belonging to the Province of Grosseto in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 150 km south of Florence and about 35 km south of Grosseto...
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13,023 |
| Roccastrada Roccastrada is a comune in the Province of Grosseto in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 90 km south of Florence and about 25 km north of Grosseto, between the Maremma plain and the Colline Metallifere.-External links:*...
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9,638 |
| Gavorrano Gavorrano is a comune in the Province of Grosseto in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 100 km southwest of Florence and about 25 km northwest of Grosseto....
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8,984 |
Massa MarittimaMassa Marittima is a town and comune of the province of Grosseto, southern Tuscany, Italy, 49 km NNW of Grosseto.There are mineral springs, mines of iron, mercury, lignite and copper, with foundries, ironworks and olive-oil mills...
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8,820 |
| Manciano Manciano may refer to several places in Italy:*Manciano, a comune in the Province of Grosseto, Tuscany*Manciano, Umbria, a frazione of Trevi in the Province of Perugia, Umbria* Manciano, a locality of Morlupo in the Province of Rome, Lazio...
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7,626 |
Castiglione della PescaiaCastiglione della Pescaia is an ancient seaside town in the province of Grosseto , Italy. The modern city grew around a medieval fortress and a large fishery, from which it got its designation...
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7,465 |
The Natural Park of
MaremmaThe Maremma is a vast area in Italy bordering the Tyrrhenian Sea, consisting of part of south-western Tuscany - Maremma Livornese and Maremma Grossetana , and part of northern Lazio - Maremma Laziale .The poet Dante Alighieri in his Divina Commedia places the...
lies in the province
http://www.parco-maremma.it.
The
CIMA FestivalThe CIMA Festival, or Concerti in Monte Argentario, is an Italian international classical music festival which takes place annually in the Tuscan town of Monte Argentario...
is a prestigious gathering of classical music lovers in
Monte ArgentarioMonte Argentario is a comune and a peninsula belonging to the Province of Grosseto in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 150 km south of Florence and about 35 km south of Grosseto...
.
External links
Province homepage