Province of Lecco

Province of Italy, located in the Lombardy region

Not to be confused with Province of Lecce.

Province in Lombardy, Italy

Province of Lecco

Provincia di Lecco (Italian)
Pruincia de Lècch (Lecchese)

Province

Valsassina Valley

Coat of arms

Map highlighting the location of the province of Lecco in Italy

Country|  Italy
Region| Lombardy
Capital(s)| Lecco
Comuni| 87
Government

• President| Claudio Usuelli
Area

• Total

| 805.61 km2 (311.05 sq mi)
Population

(31 August 2017)

• Total

| 337,211
• Density| 420/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
GDP

[1]

• Total| €9.903 billion (2015)
• Per capita| €29,148 (2015)
Time zone| UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code|

23900

Telephone prefix| 0341, 039, 031
Vehicle registration| LC
ISTAT| 097
Map of the historical regions of the province of Lecco

The province of Lecco (Italian: provincia di Lecco; Lecchese: pruincia de Lècch) is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Lecco.

As of 2017, the province had a population of 337,211 on a surface of 805.61 square kilometers (311.05 sq mi) divided into 85 comuni (sg.: comune).[2]

## History

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The Province of Lecco was established by the President of the Republic in Decree No. 250 of 6 March 1992. Elections for the appointment of the first President of the Province of Lecco were held on 23 April 1995 (1st round) and 7 May 1995 (runoff). The proclamation of the 1st President, Mario Anghileri, occurred on 9 May 1995.[3]

## Literature

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See also: Italian literature

> That branch of the Lago di Como which turns southward, between two unbroken chains of mountains, all bays and inlets.

> — Alessandro Manzoni, The Betrothed – Chapter I, p. 9, 1840

The Betrothed (Italian: I promessi sposi Italian: [i proˈmessi ˈspɔːzi]) is an Italian historical novel by Alessandro Manzoni, first published in 1827, in three volumes, and significantly revised and rewritten until the definitive version published between 1840 and 1842. It has been called the most famous and widely read novel in the Italian language,[4] and it is generally ranked among the masterpieces of world literature.[5] The setting is beautiful but marred with poverty. It begins with Renzo and Lucia, a couple living in a village in Lombardy, near Lecco, on Lake Como, who are planning to wed on 8 November 1628.

## Geography

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The basin of the Lake Como in front of Lecco

The Province of Lecco is situated in northern central Italy. It is bordered to the north and west by the Province of Como, to the east and north with the Province of Sondrio, to the east by the Province of Bergamo, and to the south with the Province of Monza and Brianza. The province of Lecco has an area of only 805.61 square kilometres (311.05 sq mi), with some 600 square kilometres (230 sq mi) located across the Adda River, in Valsassina. The remaining land is located in the Oggionese, the Casatese, and the Meratese, with an additional 16 square kilometres (6.2 sq mi) belonging to the municipality of Oliveto Lario, located on the other side of Lake Como, in Vallassina, within the pre-Alpine Lecchese. 70% of the province is mountainous and the other 30% is hilly. The highest point is Mount Legnone in the north of the province, 2,609 metres (8,560 ft) high;[6] at the center of the spectacular Grigne. In the west, is Monte Cornizzolo lake at 1,240 metres (4,070 ft)[7] and Monte Rai at 1,259 metres (4,131 ft). In the east of the province is Monte Serrada and the Resegone di Lecco, 1,875 metres (6,152 ft) with its characteristic shape reminiscent of the teeth of a saw. In the center-south is Monte Barro at 922 metres (3,025 ft), in the Monte Barro Regional Park.[8]

The province contains numerous lakes, with Lake Como and Lake Annone in the comunes of Garlate and Olginate. To the west, the comunes of Rogeno, Bosisio Parini, and Cesana Brianza overlook Lake Pusiano.[9] There is also an abundance of rivers, including the main Adda river and the Lambro, running through Costa Masnaga, Rogeno, and Nibionno. Other smaller rivers are the Molgora, the Bévéra, a tributary of the Lambro,[10] the Pioverna flowing in Valsassina, and Varro flowing in Val Varrone.

## Towns of Brianza in the province

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Airuno, Annone di Brianza, Barzago, Barzanò, Bosisio Parini, Brivio, Bulciago, Calco, Casatenovo, Cassago Brianza, Castello di Brianza, Cernusco Lombardone, Cesana Brianza, Civate, Colle Brianza, Costa Masnaga, Cremella, Dolzago, Ello, Galbiate, Garlate, Garbagnate Monastero, Imbersago, La Valletta Brianza, Lomagna, Merate, Missaglia, Molteno, Montevecchia, Monticello Brianza, Nibionno, Oggiono, Olgiate Molgora, Olginate, Osnago, Paderno d'Adda, Robbiate, Rogeno, Santa Maria Hoè, Sirone, Sirtori, Suello, Valgreghentino, Verderio, Viganò

## Municipalities

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Historical populationYear| Pop.| ±%

|
|

1951| 214,035| —
1961| 231,276| +8.1%
1971| 263,743| +14.0%
1981| 285,047| +8.1%
1991| 294,248| +3.2%
2001| 309,708| +5.3%
2011| 334,303| +7.9%
2021| 332,457| −0.6%
Source: ISTAT

Here is a list of the most populated municipalities of the province.

Lecco Merate Valmadrera Colico Fiumelatte river Municipality  | Population

|

Lecco | 47,181
Merate | 14,854
Calolziocorte | 13,605
Casatenovo | 13,251
Valmadrera | 11,342
Mandello del Lario | 9,945
Oggiono | 9,206
Missaglia | 8,971
Galbiate | 8,445
Colico | 8,198

The full list is:

* Abbadia Lariana
* Airuno
* Annone di Brianza
* Ballabio
* Barzago
* Barzanò
* Barzio
* Bellano
* Bosisio Parini
* Brivio
* Bulciago
* Calco
* Calolziocorte
* Carenno
* Casargo
* Casatenovo
* Cassago Brianza
* Cassina Valsassina
* Castello di Brianza
* Cernusco Lombardone
* Cesana Brianza
* Civate
* Colico
* Colle Brianza
* Cortenova
* Costa Masnaga
* Crandola Valsassina
* Cremella
* Cremeno
* Dervio
* Dolzago
* Dorio
* Ello
* Erve
* Esino Lario
* Galbiate
* Garbagnate Monastero
* Garlate
* Imbersago
* Introbio
* La Valletta Brianza
* Lecco
* Lierna
* Lomagna
* Malgrate
* Mandello del Lario
* Margno
* Merate
* Missaglia
* Moggio
* Molteno
* Monte Marenzo
* Montevecchia
* Monticello Brianza
* Morterone
* Nibionno
* Oggiono
* Olgiate Molgora
* Olginate
* Oliveto Lario
* Osnago
* Paderno d'Adda
* Pagnona
* Parlasco
* Pasturo
* Perledo
* Pescate
* Premana
* Primaluna
* Robbiate
* Rogeno
* Santa Maria Hoè
* Sirone
* Sirtori
* Sueglio
* Suello
* Taceno
* Valgreghentino
* Valmadrera
* Valvarrone
* Varenna
* Vercurago
* Verderio
* Viganò

## Transport

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Strada statale 36 del Lago di Como e dello Spluga in Lecco

### State highways

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* Strada statale 36 del Lago di Como e dello Spluga: Sesto San Giovanni-Splügen Pass

### Railway lines

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* Como–Lecco railway
* Tirano–Lecco railway

## References

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1. ^ Regions and Cities > Regional Statistics > Regional Economy > Regional Gross Domestic Product (Small regions TL3), OECD.Stats. Accessed on 16 November 2018.
2. ^ "Statistiche". Upinet.it. Archived from the original on 7 August 2007. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
3. ^ "Provincia de Lecco" (PDF) (in Italian). Provincia.lecco.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016.
4. ^ Archibald Colquhoun. Manzoni and his Times. J. M. Dent & Sons, London, 1954.
5. ^ "Alessandro Manzoni | Italian author". Encyclopedia Britannica. 18 May 2023.
6. ^ Lane, Joanne (1 July 2007). Adventure Guide to Sicily. Hunter Publishing, Inc. p. 186\. ISBN 978-1-58843-627-6.
7. ^ Ferraris, Alberto; Lepori, Benedetto (1997). Passi e valli in bicicletta. Lombardia (in Italian). Ediciclo Editore. p. 99\. ISBN 978-88-85327-79-5.
8. ^ Le province di Como e Lecco: il Lario, le ville, i parchi, Bellagio, Menaggio, Varenna (in Italian). Touring Editore. 2003. p. 101\. ISBN 978-88-365-2919-3.
9. ^ Amari, Monica (2006). Progettazione culturale. Metodologia e strumenti di cultural planning (in Italian). FrancoAngeli. p. 171\. ISBN 978-88-464-7286-1.
10. ^ Nuovo dizionario di geografia istorico-biografico dell'Italia compilato su i migliori dizionari e geografie esistenti a dilucidazione della gran carta d'Italia per uso ancora delle scuole. Clemente Galliani. 1863. p. 214.

## External links

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