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.

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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:

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

Largest municipalities
The following shows the 10 comuni with the population, and the area and altitude.

 No.   Comune  Population(2016)  Area(km²)  Density  Altitude(m) 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

Gallery

References

Other websites

 Provincia di Belluno Official site 

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