The province of Vicenza (, ) is a province in the region of Veneto in Italy. Its capital city is Vicenza.
The province has a population of 855,212 in an area of across its 112 municipalities.
Federico Faggin, an Italian physicist/electrical engineer principally responsible for the design of the first microprocessor, was born in Vicenza.
Government List of presidents
Municipalities
The province has 112 municipalities:
Agugliaro Albettone Alonte Altavilla Vicentina Altissimo Arcugnano Arsiero Arzignano Asiago Asigliano Veneto Barbarano Mossano Bassano del Grappa Bolzano Vicentino Breganze Brendola Bressanvido Brogliano Caldogno Caltrano Calvene Camisano Vicentino Campiglia dei Berici Carrè Cartigliano Cassola Castegnero Nanto Castelgomberto Chiampo Chiuppano Cogollo del Cengio Colceresa Cornedo Vicentino Costabissara Creazzo Crespadoro Dueville Enego Fara Vicentino Foza Gallio Gambellara Grisignano di Zocco Grumolo delle Abbadesse Isola Vicentina Laghi Lastebasse Longare Lonigo Lugo di Vicenza Lusiana Malo Marano Vicentino Marostica Monte di Malo Montebello Vicentino Montecchio Maggiore Montecchio Precalcino Montegalda Montegaldella Monteviale Monticello Conte Otto Montorso Vicentino Mussolente Nogarole Vicentino Nove Noventa Vicentina Orgiano Pedemonte Pianezze Piovene Rocchette Pojana Maggiore Posina Pove del Grappa Pozzoleone Quinto Vicentino Recoaro Terme Roana Romano d'Ezzelino Rosà Rossano Veneto Rotzo Salcedo San Pietro Mussolino San Vito di Leguzzano Sandrigo Santorso Sarcedo Sarego Schiavon Schio Solagna Sossano Sovizzo Tezze sul Brenta Thiene Tonezza del Cimone Torrebelvicino Torri di Quartesolo Trissino Val Liona Valbrenta Valdagno Valdastico Valli del Pasubio Velo d'Astico Vicenza Villaga Villaverla Zanè Zermeghedo Zovencedo Zugliano
Demographics As of 2026, the population is 855,212, of which 49.7% are male, and 50.3% are female. Minors make up 14.9% of the population, and seniors make up 24.4%.
The population is unevenly spread throughout the province. More than 60% of the populace resides in densely industrialised areas in the eastern, western, and northern (known as Alto Vicentino) conurbations, as well as the area surrounding Bassano del Grappa. The remaining 40% reside in predominantly rural areas in the southern part of the province (the Colli Berici and Basso Vicentino) or the Asiago plateau.
Immigration As of 2025, immigrants make up 13.8% of the population. The five largest foreign countries of birth are Romania, India, Serbia, Morocco, and Moldova.
Quality of life According to the European Environment Agency, in 2023 Vicenza was the 362nd most polluted city in Europe (out of a sample of 375 cities) and the third in Italy, after the provinces of Cremona and Padua.
Economy
Economic development in some areas is hindered by industrial and agricultural depression. Towns in the western section such as Valdagno and Montecchio Maggiore suffer from high unemployment, following a decline in steel and textile industries. The Colli Berici and Basso Vicentino remain overwhelmingly agricultural and present high levels of unemployment. The heavily industrial Alto Vicentino area alone accounts for half of the province's GDP.
The industrial sector plays a primary role and over the last half century has supplanted the predominant agricultural sector: since the second post-war period, the province has in fact been one of the major interpreters of the remarkable economic and industrial development of the Northeast of Italy. The most important economic activities in the province are textile, tanning, marble extraction, ceramics, furniture, but above all jewelry.
Small and medium-sized enterprises predominate on the territory, making the province of Vicenza one of the most important on a national level, and which have developed, giving rise to mainly 4 industrial districts:
The leather district in the Chiampo Valley, in Arzignano, Chiampo, Montorso Vicentino, Zermeghedo and Montebello Vicentino, The wool and yarn district in the towns of Schio and Valdagno (historically linked to the two large local industries, Lanerossi and Marzotto respectively) The goldsmith district in Vicenza, Trissino and Camisano Vicentino The electronics district in Vicenza
Other activities typically linked to the territory are:
The distilleries in Bassano del Grappa, considered the world capital of grappa The furniture factories in Bassano del Grappa The production of ceramics in Nove and Vicenza
Transport
Motorways Autostrada A4: Turin-Trieste Autostrada A31: Badia Polesine-Piovene Rocchette Pedemontana Veneta: Montecchio Maggiore-Spresiano
Railway lines Milan–Venice railway Trento–Venice railway
See also Calà del Sasso Strada delle 52 Gallerie Stele of Isola Vicentina
References
External links
Guide to Outdoor Activities in the Vicenza Province