Province o Como

The Province o Como (Italian: Provincia di Como) is a province in the north o the Lombardy region o Italy an haes mairches the Swiss cantons o Ticino an Grigioni norlins, the Italian provinces of Sondrio an Lecco eastlins, the Province o Milan soothlins an the Province o Varese wastlins. The ceety o Como is its caipital — ither lairge touns, wi mair nor 10,000 indwellers, is Cantù, Erba, Mariano Comense an Olgiate Comasco. Campione d'Italia belangs the province an aw, an is enclaved in the Swiss canton o Ticino.

Province o Como
Province
Map heichlichtin the location o the province o Como in Italy
Kintra	Italy
Region	Lombardy
Caipital(s)	Como
Comuni	160
Govrenment
• Commissioner	Leonardo Carioni
Area
• Total	1288 km2 (497 sq mi)
Population  (2012)
• Total	599,508
• Density	470/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	22100
Telephone prefix	031 0344 02 0331
Vehicle registration	CO
ISTAT	013

As of December 31, 2011, the main commune by population is:

Rank	Ceety	Population	Aurie (km2)	Densitie (inhabitants/km2)	Altitude (mslm)
1st	Como	86116	37.63	2288	201
2nd	Cantù	39822	23.18	1718	370
3rd	Mariano Comense	24052	13.72	1753	256
4th	Erba	16890	18.13	932	320
5th	Olgiate Comasco[1]	11484	10	1148	400
6th	Lurate Caccivio	10009	5.92	1691	319
7th	Fino Mornasco	9701	7.26	1336	334
8th	Lomazzo	9643	9.36	1030	296
9th	Cermenate	9165	8.08	1134	297
10th	Turate	9080	10.12	897	240

See an aw

• Communes o the province o Como
• Giuseppe Terragni
• Antonio Sant'Elia
• Alessandro Volta