The Province of Massa-Carrara (Italian: Provincia di Massa-Carrara) is a province in the region of Tuscany in central Italy. It is named after the provincial capital Massa, and Carrara, the other main town in the province. It has a population of 186,637 in an area of 1,154.68 square kilometres (445.82 sq mi) across its 17 municipalities.[2][1]
Province of Massa-Carrara
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 The village of Bibola, south of Aulla | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of the province of Massa and Carrara in Italy | |
| Coordinates: 44°18′N 10°00′E / 44.3°N 10°E | |
| Country |  Italy |
| Region |  Tuscany |
| Capital(s) | Massa |
| Municipalities | 17 |
| Government | |
| • President | Roberto Valettini |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,154.68 km2 (445.82 sq mi) |
| Population (2026)[2] | |
• Total | 186,637 |
| • Density | 161.635/km2 (418.633/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | €4.657 billion (2015) |
| • Per capita | €23,454 (2015) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 54100 |
| Telephone prefix | 0585 |
| Vehicle registration | MS |
| ISTAT | 045 |
| Website | Official website |
History
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The province of "Massa e Carrara" was born in 1859 from the separation of the Lunigiana and the Garfagnana from the Duchy of Modena. Originally it was composed of three circondari: I° "Circondario of Massa and Carrara" (a group of seven districts divided in 14 municipalities), II° "Circondario" of Castelnuovo Garfagnana (four districts divided in 17 municipalities), III° "Circondario" of Pontremoli (three districts divided into six municipalities).
Until the census of 1861, the province appears as part of Compartimento territorial Modena, Reggio and Massa, but since the census of the population of 1871 it has been counted as part of Tuscany. Later, with the "Regio Decreto n. 1913 of September 2, 1923", the municipalities of Calice al Cornoviglio and Rocchetta Vara were detached from the province and added to the new province of La Spezia. In the same period ("Regio Decreto n.2490 of November 9, 1923") the 17 municipalities of the "Circondario" Castelnuovo Garfagnana were removed from Emilia and assigned to the province of Lucca, in order to compensate for the passage to the new province of Pistoia of all the municipalities of the Val di Nievole.
The province of Massa and Carrara was left crippled, waiting for a reorganization. In 1938, the municipalities of Carrara, Massa, and Montignoso joined and became the municipality of Apuania. In the same year, the industrial zone Apuana was instituted, including in relative Consortium C.Z.I.The municipalities of neighboring Versilia and the province assumed the name of a province of Apuania. In 1946, with decree Lieutenant one (Umberto II of Savoia) the new municipality of Apuania was formed, and the province (for error and/or historical ignorance) resumptions the denomination does not date from 1859 when it was "Massa and Carrara" but Massa. This was the name that had been designated to the city of Massa or Massa of Carrara from 1700 until the formation of the Kingdom of Italy (1860), to distinguish it from other homonymous cities.
In 2009, both decrees of 1938 and 1946 were abolished, restoring the old name.[4][5]
Government
editDemographics
editAs of 2026, the population is 186,637, of which 48.9% are male, and 51.1% are female. Minors make up 12.2% of the population, and seniors make up 29.5%.[2]
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Immigration
editEconomy
editThe province's economical relevance, once mainly based on the production of the famous white Carrara marble, has now shifted to the importation and fabrication of blocks of marble and granite from all over the world.[citation needed]
See also
edit- Carrara
- Duchy of Massa and Carrara
- Lunigiana
- Marble
- Massa
- Ducal Palace of Massa – home of the local authority
References
edit- 1 2 "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011" (in Italian). ISTAT.
- 1 2 3 "Resident population". ISTAT.
- ↑ Regions and Cities > Regional Statistics > Regional Economy > Regional Gross Domestic Product (Small regions TL3), OECD.Stats. Accessed on 16 November 2018.
- ↑ (in Italian) Restituita la e a Massa Carrara
- ↑ (in Italian) "Si torna all'antica denominazione". Il Tirreno. 16 July 2012.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Popolazione residente dei comuni. Censimenti dal 1861 al 1991" [Resident population of the municipalities. Censuses from 1861 to 1991] (PDF) (in Italian). ISTAT. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2025-11-12.
- ↑ "Resident population - Time series". ISTAT.
- ↑ "Resident population by sex, municipality and citizenship". ISTAT.
External links
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- Official website (in Italian)