Province of Como explained

Province of Como
Native Name Lang:it
Settlement Type:Province
Coordinates:45.8167°N 14°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Italy
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Lombardy
Seat Type:Capital(s)
Seat:Como
Parts Type:Comuni
Parts Style:para
P1:160
Leader Title:President
Leader Name:Fiorenzo Bongiasca
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:1279
Population Total:599905
Population As Of:1 January 2015
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type2:GDP
Demographics2 Footnotes:[1]
Demographics2 Title1:Total
Demographics2 Info1:€16.310 billion (2015)
Demographics2 Title2:Per capita
Demographics2 Info2:€27,193 (2015)
Timezone1:CET
Utc Offset1:+1
Timezone1 Dst:CEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:22100
Area Code Type:Telephone prefix
Area Code:031 0344 02 0331
Registration Plate:CO
Blank Name Sec1:ISTAT

The province of Como (Italian: provincia di Como; Comasco: pruincia de Comm) is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. It borders the Swiss cantons of Ticino and Grigioni to the north, the Italian provinces of Sondrio and Lecco to the East, the province of Monza and Brianza to the south and the province of Varese to the West. The city of Como is its capital—other large towns, with more than 10,000 inhabitants, include Cantù, Erba, Mariano Comense and Olgiate Comasco. Campione d'Italia also belongs to the province and is enclaved in the Swiss canton of Ticino.

, the main comuni (: comune) by population are:

CityPopulation
Como83,320
Cantù39,917
Mariano Comense24,908
Erba16,365
Olgiate Comasco[2] 11,651
Lomazzo9,945
Lurate Caccivio9,893
Fino Mornasco9,845
Turate9,506
Cermenate9,204

The Lugano Prealps cover the territory of the province, and the most important body of water is the glacial Lake Como.

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://stats.oecd.org/ Regions and Cities > Regional Statistics > Regional Economy > Regional Gross Domestic Product (Small regions TL3)
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20150207011328/http://www.comune.olgiate-comasco.co.it/index.php?navigazione=aree%20tematiche&id_f=0010&id_contenuti=278&dettaglio=Informazioni%20sulla%20citt%C3%A0&dettaglio_sub=Informazioni%20Statistiche&dettaglio_sub_contenuto_arg=0010&dettaglio_sub_contenuto_macro=0005&titolo_pagina=Rilevazioni%20statistiche%20anno%202012 dati a 30-04-2012