Valdinievole

Valdinievole or Val di Nievole (Italian pronunciation: [ˌvaldiˈnjɛːvole]; "Valley of the Nievole (River)") is an area in the south-western part of the province of Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy.

The area is made up of 11 comuni: Buggiano, Chiesina Uzzanese, Larciano, Lamporecchio, Massa e Cozzile, Monsummano Terme, Montecatini Terme, Pescia, Pieve a Nievole, Ponte Buggianese, and Uzzano, and has a population of almost 120,000.

The main settlements are Montecatini and Monsummano, greatly developed in the last part of the 20th century, besides Pescia, the historical capital, which has the only hospital and is the Catholic Bishop's seat.

All the streams and rivers of Valdinievole flow into the marsh called Padule di Fucecchio, the southern border between Valdinievole and the Arno valley in the province of Florence.

On the northern and eastern sides of the valley there are hills, part of the lower Apennines and of the Montalbano.