Lombardy

Lombardy (, ; Wastren Lombard: Lumbardìa; Eastren Lombard: Lombardia) is ane o the 20 regions o Italy. The caipital is Milan. Ane-saxt o Italy's population lives in Lombardy an aboot ane fift o Italy's GDP is producit in this region, makkin it the maist populous an richest region in the kintra an ane o the richest in the whole o Europe. Major tourist destinations in the region include the historic, cultural an airtistic ceeties o Milan (which is Italy's seicont top tourist destination), Brescia, Mantua, Pavia, Como, Cremona, Bergamo, Sondrio, Lecco, Lodi,  Varese, Monza, an the lochs o Garda, Como, Maggiore, an Iseo.

The offeecial leid, as in the rest o Italy, is Italian. The traditional local leids are the various dialects o Lombard (Wastren Lombard an Eastren Lombard), as well as some dialects o Emilian, spoken in some pairts o the provinces o Mantua, Pavia, an Cremona. Accordin tae Istat, amaist 27% o Lombards are bilingual wi Lombard an Italian leids; 9.1% are monolingual in Lombard an 57.6% are monolingual in Italian.La lingua italiana, i dialetti e le lingue stranieri

 Admeenistrative diveesions 
Lombardy is dividit intae 12 provinces:

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Province Aurie (km²) Population Density (inh./km²)  Province o Bergamo 2,723 1,070,060 392.9 Province o Brescia 4,784 the biggest 1,223,900 255.8 Province o Como 1,288 582,736 452.4 Province o Cremona 1,772 358,628 202.4 Province o Lecco 816 334,059 409.4 Province o Lodi 782 222,223 284.2 Province o Mantua 2,339 407,983 174.4 Province o Milan 1,575 3,121,832 the biggest 1,982 Province o Monza an Brianza 405 the smawest 840,711 2,075 Province o Pavia 2,965 535,948 180.7 Province o Sondrio 3,212 181,841 the smawest 56.6 Province o Varese 1,199 868,777 724.6

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Category:Regions o Italy
Category:NUTS 2 statistical regions o the European Union
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