Province o Bergamo
The Province of Bergamo (Italian: Provincia di Bergamo) is a province in the Lombardy region o Italy. It haes a population o 1,098,740 (2010), an aurie o 2,722.86 square km, an contains 244 comuni (singular: comune). Its caipital is the ceety o Bergamo.
Province o Bergamo | |
|---|---|
 Map heichlichtin the location o the province o Bergamo in Italy | |
| Kintra |  Italy |
| Region |  Lombardy |
| Caipital(s) | Bergamo |
| Comuni | 244 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Preses | Ettore Pietro Pirovano |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2722.86 km2 (1,051.30 sq mi) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 1,107,571 |
| • Density | 410/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 24000-24100 |
| Telephone prefix | 035, 0345, 0346, 0363, 02, 030 |
| Vehicle registration | BG |
| ISTAT | 016 |
It borders the province o Sondrio tae the north, the province o Brescia tae the east, the province o Cremona tae the sooth an the provinces o Milan, Monza an Brianza an Lecco tae the wast. The northren part is made up o the Orobian Alps wi the heichest point at 3,052 m (Mt. Coca). Its glens include Val Seriana an Brembana. The soothren pairt is mainly made up o flatlands.
Its rivers include the Serio, the Brembo an the Adda at the soothwastren boondary.
In the east, Lake Iseo forms its boondary which the Oglio fae the Camonica flows through. Minerals are foond in the aurie o Trescore Balneario an San Pellegrino (the source o the mineral watter o the same name) an ither places.
As o 31 December 2011 , the main municipality auries (comuni) bi population are:
| Pos. | Ceety | Population (ab) |
Surface (km²) |
Densitie (ab/km²) |
Altitude (mslm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1° | Bergamo[1] | 121.316 | 39,6 | 3064 | 249 |
| 2° | Treviglio | 29.334 | 31,54 | 930 | 125 |
| 3° | Seriate[2] | 25.036 | 12,41 | 2017 | 247 |
| 4° | Dalmine | 23.237 | 11,6 | 2003 | 207 |
| 5° | Romano di Lombardia | 19.472 | 18,03 | 1080 | 120 |
| 6° | Albino | 18.232 | 31,32 | 582 | 342 |
| 7° | Caravaggio | 16.258 | 32,81 | 496 | 111 |
| 8° | Alzano Lombardo | 13.821 | 13,43 | 1029 | 304 |
| 9° | Stezzano | 12.999 | 9,25 | 1405 | 211 |
| 10° | Osio Sotto | 12.083 | 7,45 | 1622 | 182 |
Agricultur eedit
The law lyin auries are rich in pasturs alang wi corn, wine, grain, rice an flax that are cultivatit. Huntin is common. Vera common is the breedin o poultry an aw, pigs wi modren techniques, an the traditional sheep herdin.
Industrie eedit
The province o Bergamo economy is based on SMEs, so it is no easy tae speak o main activities as vera variet products are made. The main hivy industries o the province o Bergamo are mineral processin, especially iron, concrete an marble. There is a lairge tractor plant, in Treviglio, an a lairge pipe plant, in Dalmine Silks, metallurgical products an clothin are common an aw. Bergamo masons an assemblers are vera famous for their ability an dedication tae wirk.
Demografie eedit
As the end o 2006 the province o Bergamo host 92.000 immigrants frae kintras ootside the European Union (less nor 10% o the total population).
Aboot 15.000 o them came frae Bolivie, especially the ceety o Cochabamba, due tae the strang relations o the Roman Catholic Diocese o Bergamo an the Airchdiocese o Cochabamba.[3] Maist o Bolivies reside in the toun o Bergamo.
See an aw eedit
References eedit
- ↑ dati al 31-12-2011 Archived 2014-12-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "dati al 30-06-2012". Archived frae the original on 7 Apryle 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
- ↑ "An article about cochabambinos in Bergamo". Archived frae the original on 3 Mey 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
Freemit airtins eedit
- Province o Bergamo offeecial wabsteid Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine