Prato

1. General Information :

Prato is a city in Tuscany, Italy, the capital of the Province of Prato. Historically, Prato’s economy has been based on the textile industry. Since the late 1950s, the city has experienced significant immigration, firstly from southern Italy, then from other nationalities, the most notable being a large Chinese community which first arrived in the late 1980s.

Population: 186,710

Location: Italy

Official website

Twinned with:

  • Nam Dinh (Vietnam),
  • Albemarle County (USA),
  • Roubaix (France),
  • Changzhou (China),
  • Ebensee (Austria),
  • Wangen im Allgäu (Germany),
  • Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

2. The city in our network :

The city and Efus:

Member since: 2001

Attended :

  • General Assembly Rome, Italy, July 6th 2007
  • General Assembly Piacenza, Italy, June 10th 2005

 3. Best practices form :

“Educazione stradale e alla legalità”, Prato, Italy, 2013