Back Provinz Varese ALS مقاطعة فريزة Arabic Provincia de Varese AST Vareze əyaləti Azerbaijani Provinz Varese BAR Варэзэ (правінцыя) Byelorussian Варезе (провинция) Bulgarian Proviñs Varese Breton Província de Varese Catalan Provincia di Varese CEB
Province of Varese
Provincia di Varese (Italian) | |
|---|---|
 Villa Recalcati, the provincial seat | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Map highlighting the location of the province of Varese in Italy | |
| Country |  Italy |
| Region | Lombardy |
| Capital(s) | Varese |
| Comuni | 138 |
| Government | |
| • President | Marco Magrini |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,198.11 km2 (462.59 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2021) | |
• Total | 878,059 |
| • Density | 730/km2 (1,900/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | €25.779 billion (2015) |
| • Per capita | €28,960 (2015) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 210xx, 21100 |
| Telephone prefix | 02, 0331, 0332 |
| Vehicle registration | VA |
| ISTAT | 012 |
The province of Varese (Italian: provincia di Varese) is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Varese (population of 80,857 inhabitants), but its largest city is Busto Arsizio.[2] The headquarters of AgustaWestland, the company merged into Leonardo since 2016 and the world's largest producer of helicopters, is based in Samarate, a comune (municipality) of the province. The province contains 139 comuni (sg.: comune).
As of 2015, it has a population of 889,410 inhabitants over an area of 1,198.11 square kilometres (462.59 sq mi).
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 477,055 | — |
| 1961 | 581,528 | +21.9% |
| 1971 | 725,823 | +24.8% |
| 1981 | 788,057 | +8.6% |
| 1991 | 797,039 | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 812,477 | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 871,886 | +7.3% |
| 2021 | 877,668 | +0.7% |
| Source: ISTAT | ||
- ^ Regions and Cities > Regional Statistics > Regional Economy > Regional Gross Domestic Product (Small regions TL3), OECD.Stats. Accessed on 16 November 2018.
- ^ "Busto sorpassa Varese E' lei la città più popolosa". La Provincia di Varese (in Italian). 13 January 2011.