- 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 theLombardy region ofItaly . Its capital is the city ofSondrio .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 fromValdidentro (244.41 km²) toPoggiridenti (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, theCanton 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 andTrentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region to the east.External links
* [http://www.provincia.so.it/ Official website]
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