Parma, Italy
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@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ --- schema: foundry-doc-v1 title: "Parma Regional Market" slug: it-parma language: en language_protocol: PROSE-TOPIC category: markets index_group: italy-market-profiles type: topic content_type: topic quality: stub status: active audience: customer-woodfine bcsc_class: current-fact short_description: "Emilia-Romagna's second most populous city after Bologna, carrying two Tier 1 co-location clusters." paired_with: markets/it-parma.es.md wikipedia_sourced: true last_edited: 2026-09-07 editor: editorial --- Parma is carried in the confirmed 2026-08-07 Regional Markets dataset with two Tier 1 co-location clusters, among the strongest anchor compositions in Italy's published set. ## Overview Parma is a city in the region of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy, known for its architecture, music, art, prosciutto, cheese, and surrounding countryside. With a population of 202,111 as of 2025, Parma is the second most populous city in Emilia-Romagna after Bologna, the region's capital, and is home to the University of Parma, one of the oldest universities in the world. <!-- wikipedia-sourced: population/description --> ## Regional Market Standing | Field | Value | |---|---| | Metropolitan reference point | Bologna | | Distance (straight-line) | 87.4 km | | Co-location clusters | 2 Tier 1, 0 Tier 2, 1 Tier 3 | | Catchment population | Not shown in this table | [[about-regional-markets-system|The co-location qualification system]] selects on anchor composition, not on distance from a metro core. ## See Also - [[about-regional-markets-system|Regional Markets Intelligence System]] - [[atlas-italy|Italy Regional Market Index]] - [[co-location-methodology|Co-location Methodology]] ## References - [Parma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parma) — Wikipedia, accessed 2026-09-07 *Wikipedia content reproduced under [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).*