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The Po Valley, Po Plain, Plain of the Po, or Padan Plain (Italian: Pianura Padana [pjaˈnuːra paˈdaːna] or Val Padana) is a major geographical feature of northern Italy. It extends approximately 650 km (400 mi) in an east-west direction, with an area of 46,000 km 2 (18,000 square miles) including its Venetic extension not actually related to ...
Padania (/ p ə ˈ d eɪ n i ə / pə-DAY-nee-ə, UK also /-ˈ d ɑː n-/- DAH-, [1] Italian: [paˈdaːnja]) is an alternative name and proposed independent state encompassing Northern Italy, derived from the name of the Po River (Latin Padus), whose basin includes much of the region, centered on the Po Valley (Pianura Padana), the major plain of Northern Italy.
The Po Valley is the largest plain in Italy, with 46,000 km 2 (18,000 sq mi), and it represents over 70% of the total plain area in the country. [17] The Po Valley is divided into two bands: [22] the high plain, which borders the Alpine and Apennine hills, and the low plain located in the center and extended up to the Po delta.
The Po has a drainage area of 74,000 km 2 in all, 70,000 of those being in Italy, of which 41,000 is in montane environments and 29,000 on the plain. [2] The slope of the Po's river valley decreases from 0.35% in the west to 0.14% in the east, a low gradient.
The city was once an important centre for the production of accordions and still hosts a museum dedicated to this instrument. [3] Mariano Dallapé was the first accordion builder in Stradella, his business was continued by his sons and further descendants. Later famous names include the brothers Crosio Fratelli.
Map of Italy and some of its major cities. The following is a list of Italian municipalities with a population over 50,000.The table below contains the cities populations as of 31 December 2021, [1] as estimated by the Italian National Institute of Statistics, [2] and the cities census population from the 2011 Italian Census. [3]
The torrent flows entirely in the territory of the Metropolitan City of Turin. After receiving the waters of several torrents and rivers such as the Lemina , Noce and Rio Torto, it flows in the Po River in the Padan Plain , in the territory of Moncalieri , south-west to Turin .
Lombardy [b] (Italian: Lombardia; [c] Lombard: Lombardia) [a] [d] is an administrative region of Italy that covers 23,844 km 2 (9,206 sq mi); it is located in northern Italy and has a population of about 10 million people, constituting more than one-sixth of Italy's population.