Province of Vibo Valentia

Province of Vibo Valentia
Provincia di Vibo Valentia (Italian)
Pruvincia i Vibbu Valenzia (Vibonese)
Province
Flag of Province of Vibo Valentia
Flag
Coat of arms of Province of Vibo Valentia
Coat of arms
Location of the province of Vibo Valentia in Italy
Location of the province of Vibo Valentia in Italy
Country Italy
Region Calabria
Capital(s)Vibo Valentia
Municipalities50
Government
 • PresidentCorrado L'Andolina
Area
[1]
 • Total
1,150.64 km2 (444.26 sq mi)
Population
 (2026)[2]
 • Total
149,922
 • Density130.294/km2 (337.461/sq mi)
GDP
[3]
 • Total€2.447 billion (2015)
 • Per capita€15,032 (2015)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
89811-89819, 89821-89824, 89831-89834, 89841-89844, 89851-89852, 89861-89868, 89900
Telephone prefix0963, 0966, 0968
Vehicle registrationVV
ISTAT code102

The province of Vibo Valentia (Italian: provincia di Vibo Valentia; Vibonese: pruvincia i Vibbu Valenzia) is a province in the region of Calabria in southern Italy, Its capital is the city of Vibo Valentia and its vehicle licence plate code is VV.[4]

The province has a population of 149,922 in an area of 1,150.64 square kilometres (444.26 sq mi) across its 50 municipalities.[2][1]

History

Vibo Valentia is a mountainous province situated on the Tyrrhenian Sea.[5] The region was first settled by an Italic tribe, the Sicels, and then colonised by the Greeks in the 6th or 7th century BCE. The modern city of Vibo Valentia was originally known as Hipponion. It was later recolonised by people from the city of Locri in the region of Calabria.[6] Dionysius I of Syracuse partially destroyed Hipponion, which was later rebuilt and ruled in succession by Carthage, by an indigenous people known as the Bruttii, by the tyrant Agathocles of Syracuse, and then by the Locrians, before being conquered by the Romans around 230 BCE. After about 400 CE the region was attacked repeatedly. The Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II rebuilt the town in the 13th century, and in 1284 it passed to the Ruffo family. Ferdinand I of Naples constructed a fort in Pizzo Calabro in 1486.[6]

The current province was set up by a national law of 6 March 1992, which came into effect on 1 January 1996, and formerly part of the province of Catanzaro.[7][8]

In June 2010 a dormant volcano was discovered off the coast of the province on the line of the fault that led to the 1905 Calabria earthquake.[9]

Government

List of presidents

Municipalities

The province has 50 municipalities:

Demographics

As of 2026, the population is 149,922, of which 49.6% are male, and 50.4% are female. Minors make up 15.0% of the population, and seniors make up 25.0%.[2]

Immigration

As of 2025, immigrants make up 7.9% of the population. The 5 largest foreign countries of birth are Argentina, Romania, Morocco, Ukraine, and Bulgaria.[12]

References

  1. 1 2 "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011" (in Italian). ISTAT.
  2. 1 2 3 "Resident population". ISTAT.
  3. ↑ Regions and Cities > Regional Statistics > Regional Economy > Regional Gross Domestic Product (Small regions TL3), OECD.Stats. Accessed on 16 November 2018.
  4. ↑ "Province of Vibo Valentia". Comuni Italiani. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "Vibo Valentia". Italia.it. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  6. 1 2 Domenico, Roy Palmer (2002). The Regions of Italy: A Reference Guide to History and Culture. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-313-30733-1.
  7. ↑ "LEGISLATIVE DECREE March 6, 1992, n. 253". Normattiva. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  8. ↑ "Vibo Valentia". Calabrian Genealogy. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  9. ↑ "Nel Tirreno nuovo vulcano spento". ANSA. 21 June 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  10. ↑ "Popolazione residente dei comuni. Censimenti dal 1861 al 1991" [Resident population of the municipalities. Censuses from 1861 to 1991] (PDF) (in Italian). ISTAT. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2025-11-12.
  11. ↑ "Resident population - Time series". ISTAT.
  12. ↑ "Resident population by sex, municipality and citizenship". ISTAT.

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