The Province of Vicenza is a province in the Veneto region in northern Italy. Its capital city is Vicenza. The province has an area of 2,722.53 km², and a total population of 865,082. There are 199 comuni in the province. Towns in the province include Bassano del Grappa, Schio, Arzignano, Montecchio Maggiore, Thiene, Torri di Quartesolo, Noventa Vicentina, Marostica, Lonigo and Valdagno. Population is unevenly spread throughout the province. More than 60% of the populace resides in densely industrialised areas in the eastern, western, and northern conurbations, as well as the area surrounding Bassano del Grappa. The remaining 40% reside in predominantly rural areas in the southern part of the province or the Asiago plateau. Economic development in some areas is hindered by industrial and agricultural depression. Towns in the western section such as Valdagno and Montecchio Maggiore suffer from high unemployment, following a decline in steel and textile industries. The Colli Berici and Basso Vicentino remain overwhelmingly agricultural and present high levels of unemployment. The heavily industrial Alto Vicentino area alone accounts for half of the province's GDP. Federico Faggin, an Italian physicist/electrical engineer principally responsible for the design of the first microprocessor, was born in Vicenza.
Comunes
There were 116 comuni in the province :
Pos.
Comune di
Population
Area
Density
Altitude
1º
Vicenza
111.620
80,57
1.385
39
2º
Bassano del Grappa
43.481
47,06
924
129
3º
Schio
39.082
66,21
590
200
4º
Valdagno
26.016
50,22
518
230
5º
Arzignano
25.605
34,19
749
118
6º
Thiene
24.309
19,70
1.234
147
7º
Montecchio Maggiore
23.316
30,53
763
72
8º
Lonigo
16.466
49,42
333
31
9º
Malo
14.855
30,53
487
116
10º
Cassola
14.771
12,74
1.159
92
Economy
The industrial sector plays a primary role and over the last half century has supplanted the predominant agricultural sector: since the second post-war period, the province has in fact been one of the major interpreters of the remarkable economic and industrial development of the North-East of Italy. The most important economic activities in the province are textile, tanning, marble extraction, ceramics, furniture, but above all jewelry. Small and medium-sized enterprises predominate on the territory, making the province of Vicenza one of the most important on a national level, and which have developed, giving rise to mainly 4 industrial districts:
