Province of La Spezia
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 The provincial seat building | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Map highlighting the location of the province of La Spezia in Italy | |
| Country |  Italy |
| Region | Liguria |
| Capital(s) | La Spezia |
| Comuni | 32 |
| Government | |
| • President | Pierluigi Peracchini |
| Area | |
• Total | 881 km2 (340 sq mi) |
| Population (30 November 2021) | |
• Total | 215,175 |
| • Density | 249/km2 (640/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | €6.514 billion (2015) |
| • Per capita | €29,431 (2015) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 19010-19018 19020-19021 19025 19028 19030-19032 19034, 19038, 19100 |
| Telephone prefix | 0187 |
| Vehicle registration | SP |
| ISTAT | 011 |
| Website | Official website |
The province of La Spezia (Italian: provincia della Spezia; Ligurian: provinsa dea Spèza) is a province in the Liguria region of Italy. Its capital is the city of La Spezia.
It has an area of 881 square kilometres (340 sq mi) and, As of 2017[update], a total population of 220,225 inhabitants. There are 32 communes in the province.[2]
In the province of La Spezia are the Cinque Terre, Portovenere and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto), a UNESCO World Heritage Site.[3] Also more in this area are the villages of Brugnato, Montemarcello, Tellaro and Varese Ligure, which were included in the list of the most beautiful villages in Italy.[4] In addition, the province of La Spezia is one of the institutions awarded with the gold medal for Military Valour for the sacrifices of its people and its activities in the partisan struggle during the Second World War.
- ^ Regions and Cities > Regional Statistics > Regional Economy > Regional Gross Domestic Product (Small regions TL3), OECD.Stats. Accessed on 16 November 2018.
- ^ Upinet.it Archived 2007-08-07 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)).
- ^ "Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto)".
- ^ "Homepage".