Province of Sondrio

Infobox_ProvinceIT
fullname = Province of Sondrio
name = Sondrio
region = Lombardy
capital = Sondrio
commune = 78
area = 3,212
population_as_of = (2001)
population = 176,769
populationdensity = 55
vehicle = SO
postal_code =
telephone_prefix = 0342, 0343
ISTAT = 014
president = Fiorello Provera




The Province of Sondrio (It. "Provincia di Sondrio") is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Sondrio.

It has an area of 3,212 km², and a total population of 176,856 (2001). There are 78 "communes" in the province, ranging in population from Sondrio (21,790 persons) to Pedesina (only 34 inhabitants) and in size from Valdidentro (244.41 km²) to Poggiridenti (2.93 km²) (source: Italian institute of statistics "Istat", see [http://www.upinet.it/indicatore.asp?id_statistiche=6 this link] ).

The province borders Switzerland (precisely, the Canton of Grisons) to the north and west, the provinces of Como and Lecco to the west, the provinces of Bergamo and Brescia to the south and Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region to the east.

External links

* [http://www.provincia.so.it/ Official website]