The Province of Lecco (It. Provincia di Lecco) is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Lecco.
On 1 January 2001 the province had a population of 311,452 on a surface of 816 km² divided in 90 communes . As of December 31, 2011, the main communes by population are:
| Rank | City | Population | Area (km2) |
Density (inhabitants/km2) |
Altitude (mslm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Lecco | 48330 | 45 | 1074 | 214 |
| 2nd | Merate | 14913 | 11 | 1356 | 292 |
| 3rd | Calolziocorte | 14274 | 9.01 | 1584 | 210 |
| 4th | Casatenovo | 12742 | 12.7 | 1003 | 356 |
| 5th | Valmadrera | 11757 | 12.56 | 936 | 237 |
| 6th | Mandello del Lario | 10609 | 41.77 | 254 | 200 |
| 7th | Oggiono | 8955 | 7.9 | 1134 | 268 |
| 8th | Galbiate | 8701 | 16.14 | 539 | 371 |
| 9th | Missaglia | 8655 | 11.46 | 755 | 326 |
| 10th | Colico | 7668 | 35 | 219 | 218 |
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