Piacenza

Piacenza is the westernmost of the nine provinces in the region of in northwestern Italy. The main elements of tourist attraction in the province are food and wine and castles.
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is a city and comune in the region of Northern Italy, and the capital of the eponymous province. As of 2022, is the ninth largest city in the region by population, with more than 102,000 inhabitants.

Piacenza

Latitude of center
44.8833° or 44° 53′ north
Longitude of center
9.5833° or 9° 35′ east
Population
287,000
Elevation
228 metres (748 feet)
Abbreviation
“PC”
Geo­Names ID
3171057
Wiki­data ID
Q16243
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Piacenza” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: مقاطعة بياتشنزا
  • Arabic: مقاطعة بياتشنسا
  • Arabic: مقاطعة بياشنزا
  • Arabic: مقاطعة بيتشنزة
  • Arabic: مقاطعة بيشنزة
  • Arabic: مقاطعة بِيَشِنزة
  • Arabic: مقاطعه بياتشنسا
  • Aragonese: Provincia de Piacenza
  • Armenian: Պիաչենցա
  • Asturian: Provincia de Piacenza
  • Asturian: Provincia de Plasencia
  • Azerbaijani: Piaçensa əyaləti
  • Basque: Piacenzako probintzia
  • Bavarian: Provinz Piacenza
  • Belarusian: П’ячэнца (правінцыя)
  • Belarusian: П’ячэнца
  • Belarusian: правінцыя П’ячэнца
  • Breton: proviñs Piacenza
  • Breton: Proviñs Piacenza
  • Bulgarian: Пиаченца
  • Catalan: Província de Piacenza
  • Cebuano: Piacenza
  • Central Kurdish: پارێزگای پیاچێنزا
  • Chinese: Piacenza Séng
  • Chinese: 皮亚琴察省
  • Chinese: 皮亞琴察省
  • Czech: Provincie Piacenza
  • Danish: Piacenza
  • Dutch: Piacenza
  • Esperanto: Provinco de Piaĉenco
  • Esperanto: Provinco Piaĉenco
  • Estonian: Piacenza provints
  • Finnish: Piacenzan maakunta
  • French: Plaisance
  • French: Province de Plaisance
  • Galician: Provincia de Piacenza
  • Georgian: პიაჩენცის პროვინცია
  • German: IT-PC
  • German: Provinz Piacenza
  • Greek: Επαρχία της Πιατσέντσα
  • Hebrew: פיאצ’נצה
  • Hungarian: Piacenza megye
  • Indonesian: Provinsi Piacenza
  • Interlingua: Provincia de Piacenza
  • Interlingua: provincia Piacenza
  • Irish: Cúige Piacenza
  • Italian: PC
  • Italian: Piacenza
  • Italian: provincia di Piacenza
  • Italian: Provincia di Piacenza
  • Japanese: ピアチェンツァ県
  • Javanese: Provinsi Piacenza
  • Kikuyu: Province ya Piacenza
  • Korean: 피아첸차도
  • Ladin: Provinzia de Piacenza
  • Ladino: Provinsia de Piasenza
  • Latin: Provincia Placentina
  • Latvian: Pjačencas province
  • Ligurian: Provinsa de Piaçensa
  • Lithuanian: Pjačencos provincija
  • Lombard: Provincia de Piasenza
  • Malay: Wilayah Piacenza
  • Min Nan Chinese: Piacenza Séng
  • Neapolitan: Pruvincia ‘e Piacenza
  • Neapolitan: Pruvincia ’e Piacenza
  • Northern Frisian: Piacenza (Prowins)
  • Northern Frisian: Piacenza
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Piacenza
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Provinsen Piacenza
  • Norwegian: Piacenza
  • Occitan (post 1500): Província de Plasença
  • Ossetian: Пьяченцæ (провинци)
  • Ossetian: Пьяченцæ
  • Persian: استان پیاچنزا
  • Piemontese: Provincia ëd Piasensa
  • Polish: Prowincja Piacenza
  • Portuguese: Placência
  • Romanian: Provincia Piacenza
  • Russian: Пьяченца
  • Scots: Province o Piacenza
  • Serbian: Пјаченца
  • Serbo-Croatian: Piacenza
  • Sicilian: Pruvincia di Piacenza
  • Slovenian: pokrajina Piacenza
  • Slovenian: Pokrajina Piacenza
  • Spanish: Piacenza
  • Spanish: Provincia de Plasencia
  • Swedish: Piacenza
  • Tagalog: Lalawigan ng Plasencia
  • Tagalog: Piacenza
  • Thai: จังหวัดปีอาเชนซา
  • Thai: จังหวิดเปียเชนซา
  • Turkish: Piacenza ili
  • Turkish: Piacenza
  • Ukrainian: П’яченца
  • Ukrainian: Провінція П’яченца
  • Urdu: صوبہ پیاچنزا
  • Uzbek: Piacenza
  • Venetian: Provincia de Piacensa
  • Venetian: Provincia de Piasenza
  • Vietnamese: Piacenza
  • Waray (Philippines): Piacenza
  • Welsh: Piacenza
  • Welsh: Talaith Piacenza
  • Western Panjabi: ضلع پیاسنزا
  • Wu Chinese: 皮亚琴察省
  • ma lii Pijasensa
  • ma lili Pasensa
  • Provinge de Piacenze
  • Pruvincia d‘ Piasëinsa
  • Pruvincia d’ Piaṡëinsa

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