Province of Belluno

The **Province of Belluno** (; ) is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Belluno.

## Geography

The province of Belluno has an area of  and is the most northern of the provinces of the Veneto region, and is almost entirely occupied by mountain areas. In the eastern part of the province are the Dolomites, part of the eastern Alps, with high mountains, including the highest point of the province and of the region, the Marmolada () that is  high.

The province is rich in water, with the presence of the wide Piave river that flows through the province from north to south.

The southern part of the province is called _Valbelluna_, the widest and most populous valley of the province.

The province of Belluno borders to the north with Austria (Tyrol and Carinthia), to the east with the Friuli Venezia Giulia region (Udine and Pordenone provinces), to the south with the Treviso and Vicenza provinces) and to the west and northwest with the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region (Trento and South Tyrol provinces).

## Population

, there are 206,856 persons living in the province, for a population density of  inhabitants/km².

**Evolution of the population in the Belluno province**

### Language minorities

In the province, there are two language minorities, which are now recognized by law:
- a Ladin (a Romance language) minority is present in the three communes of Colle Santa Lucia, Livinallongo del Col di Lana and Cortina d'Ampezzo.
- a German-speaking minority in the commune of Sappada, Farra d'Alpago and Tambre.

## Municipalities

There are 64 municipalities (or _comuni_) in the province; they are:

1. Agordo
1. Alano di Piave
1. Alleghe
1. Alpago
1. Arsiè
1. Auronzo di Cadore
1. Belluno
1. Borca di Cadore
1. Calalzo di Cadore
1. Canale d'Agordo
1. Cencenighe Agordino
1. Cesiomaggiore
1. Chies d'Alpago
1. Cibiana di Cadore
1. Colle Santa Lucia
1. Comelico Superiore
1. Cortina d'Ampezzo
1. Danta di Cadore
1. Domegge di Cadore
1. Falcade
1. Feltre
1. Fonzaso
1. Gosaldo
1. La Valle Agordina
1. Lamon
1. Lentiai
1. Limana
1. Livinallongo del Col di Lana
1. Longarone
1. Lorenzago di Cadore
1. Lozzo di Cadore
1. Mel
1. Ospitale di Cadore
1. Pedavena
1. Perarolo di Cadore
1. Pieve di Cadore
1. Ponte nelle Alpi
1. Quero Vas
1. Rivamonte Agordino
1. Rocca Pietore
1. San Gregorio nelle Alpi
1. San Nicolò di Comelico
1. San Pietro di Cadore
1. San Tomaso Agordino
1. San Vito di Cadore
1. Santa Giustina
1. Santo Stefano di Cadore
1. Sappada
1. Sedico
1. Selva di Cadore
1. Seren del Grappa
1. Sospirolo
1. Soverzene
1. Sovramonte
1. Taibon Agordino
1. Tambre
1. Trichiana
1. Val di Zoldo
1. Vallada Agordina
1. Valle di Cadore
1. Vigo di Cadore
1. Vodo di Cadore
1. Voltago Agordino
1. Zoppè di Cadore

### Largest municipalities

The following shows the 10 _comuni_ with the population, and the area and altitude.

|No.|_Comune_|Population <small>(2016)</small> !! Area <small>(km²)</small> !! Density !! Altitude <small>(m)</small>||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Belluno||147.22||383|
|2|Feltre||99.79||325|
|3|Sedico||91.20||317|
|4|Ponte nelle Alpi||58.14||397|
|5|Alpago||80.34||690|
|6|Santa Giustina||35.92||308|
|7|Mel||86.24||352|
|8|Cortina d'Ampezzo||252.81||1,211|
|9|Longarone||122.36||473|
|10|Limana||39.12||319|

## Other websites

- Provincia di Belluno Official site

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Province of Belluno
- **native name lang**: it
- **settlement type**: Provinces of Italy, Province
- **image skyline**: Belluno-Schiara.jpg
- **image caption**: The city of Belluno with the Schiara mountain
- **image shield**: Provincia di Belluno-Stemma.svg
- **image map**: Belluno in Italy.svg
- **map alt**: Map with the province of Belluno in Italy
- **map caption**: Map with the province of Belluno, in red, in Italy
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: Italy
- **subdivision type1**: Regions of Italy, Region
- **subdivision name1**: Veneto
- **seat type**: Capital city, Capital
- **seat**: Belluno
- **parts type**: _Comune, Comuni_
- **parts style**: para
- **p1**: 64
- **leader title**: President
- **leader name**: Daniela Larese Filon
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area total km2**: 3672.26
- **population total**: 206856
- **population as of**: 1 January 2016
- **population density km2**: auto
- **timezone1**: Central European Time, CET
- **utc offset1**: +1
- **timezone1 dst**: Central European Summer Time, CEST
- **utc offset1 dst**: +2
- **postal code type**: Postal code
- **postal code**: 32100
- **area code type**: Telephone prefix
- **area code**: 0437
- **iso code**: IT-BL
- **registration plate**: Italian car number plates, BL
- **blank name sec1**: Istituto Nazionale di Statistica, ISTAT
- **blank info sec1**: 025
- **website**: [http://www.provincia.belluno.it/ Official website]