{{Short description|Province of Italy, located in the Lombardy region}} {{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> | name = Province of Como | native_name = {{native name|it|Provincia di Como}}<br />{{native name|lmo|Pruincia de Comm}} | settlement_type = Province | image_skyline = 206ComoVillaRotonda.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = Villa Saporiti, the seat of the province | image_flag = | flag_alt = | image_shield = Provincia_di_Como-Stemma.svg | shield_alt = | image_map = Como in Italy.svg | map_alt = | map_caption = Map highlighting the location of the province of Como in Italy | coordinates = {{Coord|45|49|N|9|5|E|source:itwiki_type:adm2nd_region:IT-CO|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Italy}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Lombardy | established_title = | established_date = | seat_type = Capital(s) | seat = Como | parts_type = ''Comuni'' | parts_style = para | p1 = 160 | government_footnotes = | leader_party = | leader_title = President | leader_name = Fiorenzo Bongiasca | unit_pref = Metric<!-- or US or UK --> | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 1279 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = | population_total = 599905 | population_as_of = 1 January 2015 | population_density_km2 = auto <!-- GDP ---------------> | demographics_type2 = GDP | demographics2_footnotes = <ref name=":0">[https://stats.oecd.org/ Regions and Cities > Regional Statistics > Regional Economy > Regional Gross Domestic Product (Small regions TL3)], OECD.Stats. Accessed on 16 November 2018.</ref> | 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 | iso_code = IT-CO | registration_plate = CO | blank_name_sec1 = ISTAT | blank_info_sec1 = {{ISTAT|013}} | website = {{URL|https://www.provincia.como.it/}} | footnotes = }} thumb|Map of the province of Como thumb|Map of the historical regions of the province of Como
The '''province of Como''' ({{langx|it|provincia di Como}}; Comasco: {{lang|lmo|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 Lugano Prealps cover the territory of the province, and the most important body of water is the glacial Lake Como.
==Municipalities== {{Historical populations|17=1951|18=361667|19=1961|20=405975|21=1971|22=476209|23=1981|24=511425|25=1991|26=522147|27=2001|28=537500|29=2011|30=586735|31=2021|32=594941|footnote=Source: ISTAT}}{{As of |2017|12|31}}, the main ''comuni'' ({{singular}}: ''comune'') by population are: [[File:Como Piazza del Duomo 2.jpg|thumb|Como]] [[File:Basilica di San Paolo e Castello Pietrasanta.jpg|thumb|Cantù]] [[File:Chiesa del Sacro Cuore (Mariano Comense).JPG|thumb|Mariano Comense]] [[File:Villa Ceriani.jpg|thumb|Erba]] [[File:Olgiate Comasco - Chiesa dei Santi Ippolito e Cassiano - 2024-09-01 21-29-40 001.jpg|thumb|Olgiate Comasco]] [[File:Lurate Caccivio - Chiesa di S. Luigi - 2023-09-07 08-09-29 001.jpg|thumb|Lurate Caccivio]] [[File:LagoSanPrimo.jpg|thumb|Lake Como]]
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! City ! Population |- |Como |83,320 |- |Cantù |39,917 |- |Mariano Comense |24,908 |- |Erba |16,365 |- |Olgiate Comasco<ref>[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] </ref> |11,651 |- |Lomazzo |9,945 |- |Lurate Caccivio |9,893 |- |Fino Mornasco |9,845 |- |Turate |9,506 |- |Cermenate |9,204 |}
The full list is:
* Albavilla * Albese con Cassano * Albiolo * Alserio * Alta Valle Intelvi * Alzate Brianza * Anzano del Parco * Appiano Gentile * Argegno * Arosio * Asso * Barni * Bellagio * Bene Lario * Beregazzo con Figliaro * Binago * Bizzarone * Blessagno * Blevio * Bregnano * Brenna * Brienno * Brunate * Bulgarograsso * Cabiate * Cadorago * Caglio * Campione d'Italia * Cantù * Canzo * Capiago Intimiano * Carate Urio * Carbonate * Carimate * Carlazzo * Carugo * Caslino d'Erba * Casnate con Bernate * Cassina Rizzardi * Castelmarte * Castelnuovo Bozzente * Cavargna * Centro Valle Intelvi * Cerano d'Intelvi * Cermenate * Cernobbio * Cirimido * Claino con Osteno * Colonno *Colverde * Como * Corrido * Cremia * Cucciago * Cusino * Dizzasco * Domaso * Dongo * Dosso del Liro * Erba * Eupilio * Faggeto Lario * Faloppio * Fenegrò * Figino Serenza * Fino Mornasco * Garzeno * Gera Lario * Grandate * Grandola ed Uniti * Gravedona ed Uniti * Griante * Guanzate * Inverigo * Laglio * Laino * Lambrugo * Lasnigo * Lenno * Lezzeno * Limido Comasco * Lipomo * Livo * Locate Varesino * Lomazzo * Longone al Segrino * Luisago * Lurago Marinone * Lurago d'Erba * Lurate Caccivio * Magreglio * Mariano Comense * Maslianico * Menaggio * Merone * Mezzegra * Moltrasio * Monguzzo * Montano Lucino * Montemezzo * Montorfano * Mozzate * Musso * Nesso * Novedrate * Olgiate Comasco * Oltrona di San Mamette * Orsenigo * Ossuccio * Peglio * Pianello del Lario * Pigra * Plesio * Pognana Lario * Ponna * Ponte Lambro * Porlezza * Proserpio * Pusiano * Rezzago * Rodero * Ronago * Rovellasca * Rovello Porro * Sala Comacina * San Bartolomeo Val Cavargna * San Fermo della Battaglia * San Nazzaro Val Cavargna * San Siro * Schignano * Senna Comasco * Solbiate con Cagno * Sorico * Sormano * Stazzona * Tavernerio * Torno * Tremezzo * Trezzone * Turate * Uggiate-Trevano * Val Rezzo * Valbrona * Valmorea * Valsolda * Veleso * Veniano * Vercana * Vertemate con Minoprio * Villa Guardia * Zelbio
==Transport== ===Motorways=== [[File:Autostrada A9 - Saronno.jpg|thumb|The Autostrada A9, the first motorway built in the world,<ref name=independent>{{Cite news |first=Thea |last=Lenarduzzi |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/the-worlds-first-motorway-piero-puricellis-masterpiece-is-the-focus-of-an-unlikely-pilgrimage-a6840816.html|title=The motorway that built Italy: Piero Puricelli's masterpiece|date=30 January 2016|newspaper=The Independent|access-date=12 May 2022}}</ref><ref name="motorwebmuseum">{{cite web|url=https://www.motorwebmuseum.it/en/places/varese/the-milano-laghi-by-piero-puricelli-the-first-motorway-in-the-world/|title=The "Milano-Laghi" by Piero Puricelli, the first motorway in the world|access-date=10 May 2022}}</ref> near Saronno]] The province is crossed by the following motorways (in Italian, ''autostrade''): * {{symbol|Autostrada A9 Italia.svg|25}} Autostrada A9: Lainate-Como * {{symbol|Autostrada A36 Italia.svg|25}} Autostrada A36: Cassano Magnago-Lentate sul Seveso * {{symbol|Autostrada A59 Italia.svg|25}} Autostrada A59: Villa Guardia-Albese con Cassano
===Railway lines=== * Milan–Chiasso railway * Saronno–Como railway * Milan–Asso railway
==See also== * Alessandro Volta * Antonio Sant'Elia * Giuseppe Terragni
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Official website}} {{in lang|it}} * {{Commons and category inline}}
{{Province of Como|nocat=yes}} {{Lombardy}} {{Authority control}}
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