Province of Florence

{{Infobox former subdivision

| native_name = Provincia di Firenze

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| common_name = Province of Florence

| subdivision = Province

| nation = Kingdom of Italy and Republic of Italy

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| image_flag = Flag_of_the_Province_of_Florence.svg

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| image_coat = Provincia di Firenze-Stemma.svg

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| image_map = Firenze in Italy.svg

| image_map_caption = Map highlighting the location of the province of Florence in Italy

| capital = Florence

| coordinates = {{Coord|43|46|17|N|11|15|15|E|source:itwiki_type:adm2nd|display=title}}

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| title_leader = President (government title)

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| year_start = 1865

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| date_end = 31 December

| year_end = 2014

| stat_year1 = 2014

| stat_area1 = 3514

| stat_pop1 = 1,012,180

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| today = Metropolitan City of Florence

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The province of Florence ({{langx|it|provincia di Firenze}}) was a province in the northeast of Tuscany region of Italy. The city or comune of Florence was both the capital of the province of Florence, and of the Region of Tuscany. It had an area of {{convert|3514|km2|mi2}} and a population of 1,012,180 as of 31 December 2014.{{Cite web|url=http://demo.istat.it/bilmens2014gen/index.html|title=2014 Istat census}} The territory of the province was the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance.{{cite web|title=Florence, Tuscany|url=http://www.italia.it/en/discover-italy/tuscany/florence.html|website=ITALIA|access-date=18 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009122836/http://www.italia.it/en/discover-italy/tuscany/florence.html|archive-date=9 October 2014|url-status=dead}}

In 2015 the province was replaced by the Metropolitan City of Florence.

Geography

The Province of Florence was bordered by the Province of Bologna in the north, the Province of Ravenna and Forlì-Cesena in the north-east, the provinces of Prato, Pistoia, Pisa and Lucca in the west; the Province of Siena in the south and the Province of Arezzo in the east and southeast.{{sfn|Domenico|2002|p=314}} Much of the province lied in the plain of the Arno river.

Government

=List of presidents of the province of Florence=

class="wikitable" ! class=unsortable\| ! President ! Term start ! Term end ! Party
style="background:#8B0000;"\| {{white\|1}} \|Mario Fabiani \|align=center\|1951 \|align=center\|1962 \|Italian Communist Party
style="background:#8B0000;"\| {{white\|2}} \|Elio Gabbuggiani \|align=center\|1962 \|align=center\|1970 \|Italian Communist Party
style="background:#8B0000;"\| {{white\|3}} \|Luigi Tassinari \|align=center\|1970 \|align=center\|1975 \|Italian Communist Party
style="background:#F2003C;"\| {{white\|4}} \|Franco Ravà \|align=center\|1975 \|align=center\|1980 \|Italian Socialist Party
style="background:#F2003C;"\| {{white\|5}} \|Renato Righi \|align=center\|1980 \|align=center\|1981 \|Italian Socialist Party
style="background:#8B0000;"\| {{white\|6}} \|Oublesse Conti \|align=center\|1981 \|align=center\|1985 \|Italian Communist Party
style="background:#8B0000;"\| {{white\|7}} \|Alberto Brasca \|align=center\|1985 \|align=center\|1990 \|Italian Communist Party
style="background:#8B0000;"\| {{white\|8}} \|Mila Pieralli \|align=center\|1990 \|align=center\|1995 \|Italian Communist Party Democratic Party of the Left
rowspan=2 style="background:#00BFFF;"\| {{white\|9}} \|rowspan=2\|Michele Gesualdi \|align=center\|1995 \|align=center\|1999 \|rowspan=2\|Italian People's Party The Daisy
align=center\|1999 \|align=center\|2004
style="background:#00BFFF;"\| {{white\|10}} \|Matteo Renzi \|align=center\|2004 \|align=center\|2009 \|The Daisy Democratic Party
style="background:#FF0000;"\| {{white\|11}} \|Andrea Barducci \|align=center\|2009 \|align=center\|2014 \|Democratic Party

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|Mario Fabiani

|align=center|1951

|align=center|1962

|Italian Communist Party

style="background:#8B0000;"| {{white|2}}