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| Nation |  Italy |
| Region | {{{region}}} |
| Capital | Cremona |
| Area | 1,771 km² |
| Population (2001) | 335,950 |
| Density | 190 |
| Comuni | 115 |
| Vehicle Registration | CR |
| Postal Code | 26100, 26010-26049 |
| Telephone Prefix | 0372, 0373, 0374, 0375, 0363 |
| ISTAT | 019 |
| President | Giuseppe Torchio |
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| Map highlighting the location of the province of Cremona in Italy | |
The Province of Cremona (Italian:Provincia di Cremona) is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Cremonese redirects here For the football team see US Cremonese Cremona is a City in northern Italy, situated Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology The density of a material is defined as its Mass per unit Volume: \rho = \frac{m}{V} Different materials usually have different In Italy, the comune, (plural comuni) is the basic Administrative division of both provinces and regions and may be properly approximated in Present Italian car number plates have black characters on a rectangular white background with small blue side-fields on the right and left (see European vehicle registration Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ( Istat) is the Italian national statistical institute In Italy, a Province (in Italian provincia) is an administrative division of intermediate level between Municipality ( Comune Lombardy (Lombardia Latin: Langobardia, Western Lombard: Lumbardìa, Eastern Lombard: Lombardia) is one of the Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Its capital is the city of Cremona. Cremonese redirects here For the football team see US Cremonese Cremona is a City in northern Italy, situated
The province has an area of 1,771 km² and a population of 335,939 (2001 census); communes number 115 (source: Italian institute of statistics Istat[1]). The river Po, which is the longest Italian river, is the natural boundary with the nearby Province of Piacenza, while the river Oglio separates the province of Cremona with that of Brescia. The Po ( Latin: Padus, Po Ligurian: Bo, Greek: Eridanus) is a river that flows 652 km(405 miles (682 km by considering Piacenza ( Placentia in Latin and old-fashioned English, Piasëinsa in the local dialect of Emiliano-Romagnolo) is a The Oglio (Latin Ollius, or Olius) is a left-side Tributary of the Po River in Lombardy, Italy. Brescia ( Lombard: Brèsa) is a city in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy.
The province occupies the central section of Padana Plain, so the whole territory is flat, without any mountain or hill, crossed both by several rivers (like Serio and Adda) and artificial canals, most of them used for irrigation. The Serio is an Italian River that flows entirely within Lombardy, crossing the provinces of Bergamo and Cremona. The Adda (Latin Abdua, or Addua) is a river in North Italy, a tributary of the Po.
Main communes
As for May 2005, the main communes by populations are. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
| Commune | Population |
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| Cremona | 71,413 |
| Crema | 33,471 |
| Casalmaggiore | 14,278 |
| Castelleone | 9,090 |
| Soresina | 8,977 |
| Pandino | 8,409 |
| Soncino | 7,487 |
| Rivolta d'Adda | 7,324 |
| Pizzighettone | 6,802 |
| Spino d'Adda | 6,495 |
| Offanengo | 5,832 |
| Castelverde | 5,130 |
Economy and culture
The principal economic resource of Cremona Province is agriculture (mainly maize (corn), locally called Melegot, and barley, but also soya and sugar beets). Cremonese redirects here For the football team see US Cremonese Cremona is a City in northern Italy, situated Crema is a town in the Province of Cremona, in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy. Casalmaggiore is a Comune in the Province of Cremona, Lombardy, northern Italy, located across the Po River. Castelleone is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 50 km southeast of Soresina is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 60 km southeast of Pandino is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km east of Milan Soncino is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 60 km east of Milan Rivolta d'Adda is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km east of Pizzighettone is an Italian town in Lombardy, part of the Province of Cremona. Spino d'Adda is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km southeast of Offanengo is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 45 km east of Milan Castelverde ( Lombard: Castegnìn) is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region Lombardy Maize (ˈmeɪz ( Zea mays L. ssp mays) known as corn in some countries is a cereal grain domesticated in Mesoamerica Barley ( Hordeum vulgare) is an annual Cereal Grain, which serves as a major animal Feed crop, with smaller amounts used for Sugar beet ( Beta vulgaris L a member of the Chenopodiaceae family is a plant whose root contains a high concentration of Sucrose. Industry is quite developed, mostly in the northern zone, near Crema, where there are textiles, chemical, and mechanical factories.
Not only the city of Cremona, but also its surrounding area, are famous for their food specialities, such as nougat (It. Nougat (pronounced /ˈnuːˌɡət/; /ˡnuːgɑː/) is a term used to describe a variety of similar Confectioneries made with Sugar or Honey torrone) and mustard.
External links
- Provincia di Cremona homepage (Italian)
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