Province of Belluno

The Province of Belluno (Italian: Provincia di Belluno; German: Provinz Belluno) is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Belluno.

Province of Belluno
Province
The city of Belluno with the Schiara mountain
Coat of arms
Map with the province of Belluno, in red, in Italy
Coordinates: 46°08′27″N 12°32′56″E
Country	Italy
Region	Veneto
Capital	Belluno
Comuni	64
Government [1]
• President	Daniela Larese Filon
Area [2]
• Total	3,672.26 km2 (1,417.87 sq mi)
Population  (1 January 2016)[3]
• Total	206,856
• Density	56/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	32100
Telephone prefix	0437
ISO 3166 code	IT-BL
Vehicle registration	BL
ISTAT	025
Website	Official website

Geography

The province of Belluno has an area of 3,672.26 square kilometres (1,417.87 square miles) 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 (46°26′4″N 11°51′5″E) that is 3,342 m (10,965 ft) high.^[4]

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.

Veneto provinces.

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

As of 1 January 2016^[update], there are 206,856 persons living in the province,^[3] for a population density of 56.3 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
2. Alano di Piave
3. Alleghe
4. Alpago
5. Arsiè
6. Auronzo di Cadore
7. Belluno
8. Borca di Cadore
9. Calalzo di Cadore
10. Canale d'Agordo
11. Cencenighe Agordino
12. Cesiomaggiore
13. Chies d'Alpago
14. Cibiana di Cadore
15. Colle Santa Lucia
16. Comelico Superiore
17. Cortina d'Ampezzo
18. Danta di Cadore
19. Domegge di Cadore
20. Falcade
21. Feltre
22. Fonzaso
23. Gosaldo
24. La Valle Agordina
25. Lamon
26. Lentiai
27. Limana
28. Livinallongo del Col di Lana
29. Longarone
30. Lorenzago di Cadore
31. Lozzo di Cadore
32. Mel
33. Ospitale di Cadore
34. Pedavena
35. Perarolo di Cadore
36. Pieve di Cadore
37. Ponte nelle Alpi
38. Quero Vas
39. Rivamonte Agordino
40. Rocca Pietore
41. San Gregorio nelle Alpi
42. San Nicolò di Comelico
43. San Pietro di Cadore
44. San Tomaso Agordino
45. San Vito di Cadore
46. Santa Giustina
47. Santo Stefano di Cadore
48. Sappada
49. Sedico
50. Selva di Cadore
51. Seren del Grappa
52. Sospirolo
53. Soverzene
54. Sovramonte
55. Taibon Agordino
56. Tambre
57. Trichiana
58. Val di Zoldo
59. Vallada Agordina
60. Valle di Cadore
61. Vigo di Cadore
62. Vodo di Cadore
63. Voltago Agordino
64. Zoppè di Cadore

Largest municipalities

The following shows the 10 comuni with the population,^[3] and the area and altitude.^[5]

No.	Comune	Population (2016)	Area (km²)	Density	Altitude (m)
1	Belluno	35,870	147.22	243.6	383
2	Feltre	20,649	99.79	206.9	325
3	Sedico	9,997	91.20	109.6	317
4	Ponte nelle Alpi	8,363	58.14	143.8	397
5	Alpago	6,994	80.34	87.1	690
6	Santa Giustina	6,807	35.92	189.5	308
7	Mel	5,984	86.24	69.4	352
8	Cortina d'Ampezzo	5,907	252.81	23.4	1,211
9	Longarone	5,359	122.36	43.8	473
10	Limana	5,209	39.12	133.2	319

Gallery

• 
  Overview of Belluno.
• 
  Palazzo dei Rettori, Belluno.
• 
  Cortina d'Ampezzo.
• 
  Pedavena, Belluno province.

References

1. "Chi governa" (in Italian). Provincia di Belluno. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
2. "Provincia di Belluno" (in Italian). Tuttitalia.it. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
3. "Statistiche demografiche ISTAT" (in Italian). Demo.istat.it. Archived from the original on 26 June 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
4. "Marmolada, Italy". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
5. "Comuni in provincia di Belluno per popolazione" (in Italian). Tuttitalia.it. Retrieved 7 April 2017.

Other websites

• Provincia di Belluno Official site (in Italian)