Province of Parma

The Province of Parma () is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its largest town and capital is the city of Parma.
Geography.
The province of Parma has an area of . The territory of Parma is divided into three zones from north to south:
The main towns of the "collina" and "montagna" are along the course of the main rivers that flow from the Apennine Mountains in the province and then into the Po river.
The province is bordered to the north by Lombardy (Mantua and Cremona provinces), to the east by the Reggio Emilia province, to the south by Tuscany (Massa-Carrara province) and Liguria (La Spezia province and the Metropolitan City of Genoa), to the west by the Piacenza province.
The main rivers in the province are the Taro, Parma and Ceno.
The main lakes in the province are in the mountains; two of them are:
The highest mountains in the province are:
Among the protected areas in the province are the "Parco regionale delle Valli del Cedra e del Parma" (called also as "Parco dei Cento Laghi") and the "Parco nazionale dell'Appennino Tosco-Emiliano".
Population.
There are 448,899 persons living in the province (January 2017), for a population density of inhabitants/km². The communes with more inhabitants are Parma (194,417 inhabitants) and Fidenza (26,826 inhabitants). The commune with fewest people living in it is Valmozzola, with 533 inhabitants.
Administration.
The following shows the 45 "comuni" with the population, and the area and altitude.