PROVINCIA DI LECCO

About PROVINCIA DI LECCO

The province of Lecco is an Italian province in Lombardy with 331,631 inhabitants, whose capital is the city of Lecco. It was established by the separation of the eastern portion of the province of Como (84 municipalities) and 6 municipalities belonging to the province of Bergamo (a total of 90 municipalities) by Decree of the President of the Republic on March 6, 1992, no. 250. The elections for the appointment of the first President of the Province of Lecco were held on April 23 (first round) and May 7, 1995 (runoff). The proclamation of the president, lawyer Mario Anghileri, took place on the following May 9. Since 2013, there have been 4 consultative referendums to merge some municipalities and 1 to change province, bringing the total number of municipalities to 84. Since 2007 it has been included within the Insubria region, of which it represents the eastern appendage, and the historical Insubrian region. Composed of 84 municipalities occupying an area of 805.61 km², it is the sixth smallest province in Italy and eleventh in population density. It borders Como province to the north and west, Sondrio province to the east and north, Bergamo province to the east, and Monza and Brianza province to the south.