Province of Venice


The Province of Venice was a province in the Veneto region of northern Italy. Its capital was the city of Venice.
It had an area of 2,467 km², and a total population of 846,962. The province became the Metropolitan City of Venice by 1 January 2015.

Demography

Statistics recorded since 1871 show that the population of the Province of Venice increased from some 341,000 inhabitants in 1871 to almost 847,000 in 2011. It rose steadily in each of the ten-year statistical periods until 1981 whereafter there were declines until 2001 when the population dipped to 809,586. Finally, there was an increase of 4.6% in the ten-year period from 2001 to 2011 when the number of inhabitants reached 340,913.
The average age per inhabitant was 44.8 years in 2011, up from 35.6 years in 1981. In 2012, there were 72,284 foreigners residents in the province, mainly from Romania, Moldova and Albania, representing 8.5% of the total population. In the academic year 2012 to 2013, 23,677 students were enrolled at university of which 61.8% were women and 38.2% male. The most popular fields of study were economics, foreign languages, letters and philosophy, and architecture.

Comunes

There were 44 comuni in the province . In 2005, the main comuni by population were:
ComunePopulation
Venice270,662
Chioggia51,231
San Donà di Piave40,899
Mira37,737
Mirano26,126
Portogruaro25,162
Spinea24,698
Jesolo23,705
Martellago19,904
Scorzè18,626
Santa Maria di Sala15,521
Cavarzere15,319
Noale15,237
Dolo14,649
Marcon12,969
Eraclea12,653
Cavallino-Treporti12,444
Santo Stino di Livenza12,386
Camponogara11,858
Caorle11,847
Salzano11,797
San Michele al Tagliamento11,778
Musile di Piave10,642
Concordia Sagittaria10,641

Economy

Tourism was an important contributor to the provincial economy with over 26,000 establishments offering overnight accommodation and accounting for a total of 34 million tourist nights spent in 2012.
The Gross Domestic Product of the province was 25 million euro in 2010, down slightly from 25.973 million euro in 2007. In 2012, the service sector represented 73% of the economy, while industry covered 19%, construction 7% and agriculture just 1%. Footwear represented 9.6% of provincial exports, petroleum products 7.2% and machinery 6.7%.