Province of Massa-Carrara

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Province of Massa-Carrara

The Province of Massa-Carrara is a province

Provinces of Italy

In Italy, a province is an administrative division of intermediate level between municipality and Regions of Italy .|||}A province is composed of many municipalities, and usually several provinces form a region....
in the Tuscany

Tuscany

Tuscany is a region in Italy. It has an area of and a population of about 3.6 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence.Tuscany is known for its landscapes and its artistic legacy....
region of Italy

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
. It is named after the two main towns in its territory: Carrara

Carrara

Carrara is a city in the province of Massa-Carrara , famous for the white or blue-gray marble quarried there. It is on the Carrione river, some 100 km west-northwest of Florence....
and Massa, its capital.

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The Province of Massa-Carrara is a province

Provinces of Italy

Tuscany

Italy

Carrara

Geography and administration

The province covers has an area of 1,157 km², and a total population of 200,695 (2005). There are 17 comuni
Comune

In Italy, the comune, is the basic administrative division of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality....
(singular: comune) in the province. As of June 30, 2005, the main comuni by population are:

Comune	Population
Massa Massa Massa is a town and comune in Tuscany, central Italy, the administrative centre of the province of Massa-Carrara. It is located in the Frigido River Valley, near the Alpi Apuane, some 5 kilometers from the Tyrrhenian Sea....	69,097
Carrara Carrara Carrara is a city in the province of Massa-Carrara , famous for the white or blue-gray marble quarried there. It is on the Carrione river, some 100 km west-northwest of Florence....	65,221
Aulla Aulla Aulla is a commune in the province of Massa-Carrara, Tuscany with a population of 10,175....	10,529
Montignoso Montignoso img_coa = \| official_name = Montignoso \| name = Montignoso \| region = Tuscany \| province = Province of Massa-Carrara \| elevation_m = 130 \|...	10,154
Fivizzano Fivizzano Fivizzano, known as 'The Florence of the North' because of its medieval trade and administration links with Florence, is a walled city in the province of Massa-Carrara, Tuscany ....	8,947
Pontremoli Pontremoli Pontremoli is a city, commune and bishop's see in the province of Massa-Carrara, Tuscany, Italy. Literally translated, "Pontremoli" means "Trembling Bridge" , with the commune having been named after a prominent bridge across the Magra....	8,112
Licciana Nardi Licciana Nardi Licciana Nardi is a comune in the Province of Massa-Carrara in the Italy region Tuscany, located about 110 km northwest of Florence and about 25 km northwest of Massa....	4,892
Villafranca in Lunigiana Villafranca in Lunigiana Villafranca in Lunigiana is a comune in the Province of Massa-Carrara in the Italy region Tuscany, located about 120 km northwest of Florence and about 35 km northwest of Massa....	4,663
Fosdinovo Fosdinovo Fosdinovo is a comune in the Province of Massa-Carrara in the Italy region Tuscany, located about 110 km northwest of Florence and about 15 km northwest of Massa....	4,642
Mulazzo Mulazzo Mulazzo is a comune in the Province of Massa-Carrara in the Italy region Tuscany, located about 120 km northwest of Florence and about 35 km northwest of Massa....	2,593
Filattiera Filattiera Filattiera is a comune in the Province of Massa-Carrara in the Italy region Tuscany, located about 120 km northwest of Florence and about 35 km northwest of Massa....	2,411
Tresana Tresana Tresana is a comune in the Province of Massa-Carrara in the Italy region Tuscany, located about 120 km northwest of Florence and about 25 km northwest of Massa....	2,052
Podenzana Podenzana Podenzana is a comune in the Province of Massa-Carrara in the Italy region Tuscany, located about 110 km northwest of Florence and about 25 km northwest of Massa....	1,996
Bagnone Bagnone Bagnone is a comune in the Province of Massa-Carrara in the Italy region Tuscany, located about 120 km northwest of Florence and about 35 km northwest of Massa in the Lunigiana, facing the Monte Sillara ....	1,975
Zeri Zeri Zeri is a commune in the province of Massa-Carrara, Tuscany, central Italy. It is located in the Lunigiana traditional region...	1,296
Casola in Lunigiana Casola in Lunigiana Casola in Lunigiana is a comune in the Province of Massa-Carrara in the Italy region Tuscany, located about 100 km northwest of Florence and about 20 km north of Massa....	1,193
Comano	773

Economy

The province's economical relevance, once mainly based on the production of the famous white Carrara marble

Marble

Marble is a nonfoliated metamorphic rock resulting from the metamorphism of limestone, composed mostly of calcite . It is extensively used for Marble sculpture, as a architecture material, and in many other applications....
, has now shifted to the importation and fabrication of blocks of marble and granite from all over the world.

Province of Massa-Carrara

Geography and administration

Economy

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