Province of La Spezia

Province of La Spezia
Province
The provincial seat building
Flag Coat of arms
Map highlighting the location of the province of La Spezia in Italy
Country	Italy
Region	Liguria
Capital(s)	La Spezia
Comuni	32
Government
• President	Pierluigi Peracchini
Area
• Total	881 km2 (340 sq mi)
Population  (30 November 2021)
• Total	215,175
• Density	249/km2 (640/sq mi)
GDP [1]
• Total	€6.514 billion (2015)
• Per capita	€29,431 (2015)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	19010-19018 19020-19021 19025 19028 19030-19032 19034, 19038, 19100
Telephone prefix	0187
Vehicle registration	SP
ISTAT	011
Website	Official website

The province of La Spezia (Italian: provincia della Spezia; Ligurian: provinsa dea Spèza) is a province in the Liguria region of Italy. Its capital is the city of La Spezia.

It has an area of 881 square kilometres (340 sq mi) and, As of 2017^[update], a total population of 220,225 inhabitants. There are 32 communes in the province.^[2]

In the province of La Spezia are the Cinque Terre, Portovenere and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto), a UNESCO World Heritage Site.^[3] Also more in this area are the villages of Brugnato, Montemarcello, Tellaro and Varese Ligure, which were included in the list of the most beautiful villages in Italy.^[4] In addition, the province of La Spezia is one of the institutions awarded with the gold medal for Military Valour for the sacrifices of its people and its activities in the partisan struggle during the Second World War.