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Trento
Trent (Ladin) | |
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Comune | |
| Comune di Trento | |
Clockwise from top: Aerial view of Trento, Fontana del Nettuno, Church of San Francesco Saverio, Torre Civica of Trento, Mausoleum of Cesare Battisti, Grand Hotel Trento, Piazza duomo with the Trento Cathedral in the background | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
Location of Trento  | |
  Trento Location of Trento in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol  Trento Trento (Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol) | |
| Coordinates: 46°04′N 11°07′E / 46.067°N 11.117°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol |
| Province | Trentino (TN) |
| Frazioni | see list |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Franco Ianeselli |
| Area [1] | |
| • Total | 157.9 km2 (61.0 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 194 m (636 ft) |
| Population (2020)[2] | |
| • Total | 120,709 |
| • Density | 760/km2 (2,000/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Trentini, Tridentini |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 38121-38122-38123 |
| Dialing code | 0461 |
| Patron saint | Saint Vigilius |
| Saint day | June 26 |
| Website | Official website |
Trento (Italian: [ˈtrento] ⓘ or [ˈtrɛnto];[3] Ladin and Lombard: Trent; German: Trient [tʁiˈɛnt] ⓘ; Cimbrian: Tria;[4] Mócheno: Trea't; Latin: Tridentum), also known in English as Trent,[5] is a city on the Adige River in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol in Italy. It is the capital of the autonomous province of Trento. In the 16th century, the city was the location of the Council of Trent. Formerly part of Austria and Austria-Hungary, it was annexed by Italy in 1919. With 118,142 inhabitants,[6] Trento is the third largest Italian city in the Alps and second largest in the historical region of Tyrol.
Trento is an educational, scientific, financial and political centre in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, in Tyrol and Northern Italy in general. The city contains a picturesque Medieval and Renaissance historic centre, with ancient buildings such as Trento Cathedral and the Castello del Buonconsiglio.
Together with other Alpine towns Trento engages in the Alpine Town of the Year Association for the implementation of the Alpine Convention to achieve sustainable development in the Alpine Arc. Trento was awarded the title of Alpine Town of the Year 2004.
The city often ranks highly among Italian cities for quality of life, standard of living, and business and job opportunities, being ranked 5th in 2017.[7] Trento is also one of the nation's wealthiest and most prosperous cities, with its province being one of the richest in Italy, with a GDP per capita of €31,200 and a nominal GDP of €16.563 billion.[8]
The University of Trento, founded in 1962 as a Higher University Institute of Social Sciences, is one of the most prestigious medium-small Italian universities, with a strong international vocation. It ranks 1st among 'medium-sized' Universities in the Censis ranking[9] and 2nd in the Il Sole 24 Ore ranking of Italian universities.[10]
The School of International Studies of the University of Trento is a member of the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (Apsia),[11] a selected group of institutions for higher education in the field of international relations. It is the first, and currently unique, Italian institute and one of the few Europeans present in the club of the best international study schools in the world that form policy makers.[citation needed]
In the last twenty years, thanks to the gradual creation of various research centers (FBK, FEM) and laboratories in the IT, engineering and sciences fields, Trento and its university have been nicknamed the "Silicon Valley of the Alps".[12]
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ Canepari, Luciano. "Trento". DiPI Online (in Italian). Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ^ Patuzzi, Umberto (2013). Unsarne Börtar [Our Words] (PDF) (in Italian, German, and Cimbrian). Lucerna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien. p. 9.
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- ^ "Population of Trento 2022 — Italy". www.aznations.com. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ "Qualità della vita". Il Sole 24 ORE. Archived from the original on 28 November 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ^ "GDP per capita in the EU in 2011: seven capital regions among the ten most prosperous" (PDF).
- ^ "Classifica Censis 2021/2022". CENSIS.
- ^ "Le pagelle alle università". Il Sole 24 Ore. Archived from the original on 6 July 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2010.
- ^ "La Scuola di Studi internazionali si laurea tra le migliori al mondo". UniTrento Press Room (in Italian). Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ Savio, Irene (30 May 2013). "» El 'Silicon Valley' italiano - Esglobal - Política, economía e ideas sobre el mundo en español" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 November 2021.