Province of Bergamo
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The Province of Bergamo is a province
Provinces of Italy
In Italy, a province is an administrative division of intermediate level between a municipality and a region .-Overview:...

 in the Lombardy
Lombardy
Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region, making it the most populous and richest region in the country and one of the richest in the whole of Europe...

 region of Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

. It has a population of 1,098,740 (2010), an area of 2,722.86 square km, and contains 244 comuni (singular: comune
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

). Its capital is the city of Bergamo
Bergamo
Bergamo is a town and comune in Lombardy, Italy, about 40 km northeast of Milan. The comune is home to over 120,000 inhabitants. It is served by the Orio al Serio Airport, which also serves the Province of Bergamo, and to a lesser extent the metropolitan area of Milan...

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It borders the province of Sondrio
Province of Sondrio
The Province of Sondrio is in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the town of Sondrio.It has an area of 3,212 km², and a total population of 176,856...

 to the north, the province of Brescia
Province of Brescia
The Province of Brescia is a Province in Lombardy, Italy. It borders with the province of Sondrio in the N and NW, the province of Bergamo in the W, province of Cremona in the SW and S, the province of Mantova to the S, and to the east, the province of Verona and Trentino .Source for statistical...

 to the east, the province of Cremona
Province of Cremona
The Province of Cremona is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Cremona.The province has an area of 1,771 km² and in 2008 census, had a population of 358,628. There are 115 comuni...

 to the south and the provinces of Milan
Province of Milan
The Province of Milan : /) is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Milan. The provincial territory is highly urbanized, resulting in the third highest population density among the Italian provinces with more than 2,000 inhabitants/km2, just behind the provinces of...

 and Lecco
Province of Lecco
The Province of 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...

 to the west. The northern part is made up of the Orobian Alps
Bergamo Alps
The Bergamo Alps are a mountain range in the Italian Alps which forms part of the Central Eastern Alps. They are located in northern Lombardy and named after the city Bergamo, south of the mountains....

 with the highest point at 3,052 m (Mt. Coca). Its valleys include Val Seriana and Brembana
Val Brembana
Val Brembana is a valley in Lombardy, northern Italy. It takes its name from the river crossing it, the Brembo.The Bergamo Alps form the valley's northern limits, notably the Tre Signori and Diavolo di Tenda Peaks, while at south lies the plain of Bergamo...

. The southern part is mainly made up of flatlands.

Its rivers include the Serio
Serio River
The Serio, in Lombard Sère, is an Italian river that flows entirely within Lombardy, crossing the provinces of Bergamo and Cremona. It is 124 kilometers long and it flows into the Adda at Bocca di Serio, to the south of Crema....

, the Brembo
Brembo River
The Brembo, in Lombard Brèmb o Brèmp, is a 74 km Italian river, a left tributary of the Adda, which runs entirely within the Province of Bergamo in the Lombardy Region....

 and the Adda
Adda River
The Adda is a river in North Italy, a tributary of the Po. It rises in the Alps near the border with Switzerland and flows through Lake Como. The Adda joins the Po a few kilometres upstream of Cremona. It is 313 kilometres long...

 at the southwestern boundary.

In the east, Lake Iseo
Lake Iseo
Lake Iseo or Lago d'Iseo or Sebino is the fourth largest lake in Lombardy, Italy, fed by the Oglio river.It is in the north of the country in the Val Camonica area, near the cities of Brescia and Bergamo. The lake is almost equally divided between the Provinces of Bergamo and Brescia...

 forms its boundary which the Oglio from the Camonica Valley flows through. Minerals are found in the area of Trescore Balneario
Trescore Balneario
Trescore Balneario is a town and comune in the Province of Bergamo, Lombardy, northern Italy.-History:The city itself is mentioned for the first time in 996 AD....

 and San Pellegrino
San Pellegrino
San Pellegrino is a brand of mineral water with naturally occurring carbonation and additional carbonation added by the bottler, produced and bottled at San Pellegrino Terme, in the Province of Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy...

 (the source of the mineral water of the same name) and other places.

As of December 31, 2010http://demo.istat.it/bilmens2010gen/index02.html, the main municipality areas (comuni) by population are:
Comune Population
Bergamo
Bergamo
Bergamo is a town and comune in Lombardy, Italy, about 40 km northeast of Milan. The comune is home to over 120,000 inhabitants. It is served by the Orio al Serio Airport, which also serves the Province of Bergamo, and to a lesser extent the metropolitan area of Milan...

119,551
Treviglio
Treviglio
Treviglio is a town and comune in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardy, northern Italy. It lies 20 km south of the capital city, in the lower territory called "Bassa" marked by the Adda and the Serio rivers....

29,034
Seriate
Seriate
Seriate is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 50 km northeast of Milan and about 4 km southeast of Bergamo...

24,297
Dalmine
Dalmine
Dalmine is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 40 km northeast of Milan and about 8 km southwest of Bergamo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 22,326 and an area of 11.6 km².The municipality of Dalmine contains the...

23,266
Romano di Lombardia
Romano di Lombardia
Romano di Lombardia is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 45 km east of Milan and about 20 km southeast of Bergamo...

19,049
Albino
Albino, Italy
Albino is a comune in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardy, northern Italy. It is located north of Bergamo and is situated in the Seriana valley. The population continues to increase.- History:...

18,186
Caravaggio 16,228
Alzano Lombardo
Alzano Lombardo
Alzano Lombardo is a commune in the province of Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy.Alzano received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree of March 11, 1991....

13,757
Stezzano
Stezzano
Stezzano is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 40 km northeast of Milan and about 8 km south of Bergamo.-Main sights:*Villa Moroni *Villa Caroli-Zanchi...

12,867
Osio Sotto
Osio Sotto
Osio Sotto is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 40 km northeast of Milan and about 11 km southwest of Bergamo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 11,097 and an area of 7.5 km².Osio Sotto borders the following...

11,974


Agriculture

The low lying areas are rich in pastures along with corn, wine, grain, rice and flax that are cultivated. Hunting is common.
Very common is also the breeding of poultry, pigs with modern techniques, and the traditional sheep herding.

Industry

The province of Bergamo
Bergamo
Bergamo is a town and comune in Lombardy, Italy, about 40 km northeast of Milan. The comune is home to over 120,000 inhabitants. It is served by the Orio al Serio Airport, which also serves the Province of Bergamo, and to a lesser extent the metropolitan area of Milan...

 economy is based on SMEs, so it is not easy to speak of main activities as very varied products are made.
The main heavy industries of the province of Bergamo are mineral processing, especially iron
Iron
Iron is a chemical element with the symbol Fe and atomic number 26. It is a metal in the first transition series. It is the most common element forming the planet Earth as a whole, forming much of Earth's outer and inner core. It is the fourth most common element in the Earth's crust...

, concrete
Concrete
Concrete is a composite construction material, composed of cement and other cementitious materials such as fly ash and slag cement, aggregate , water and chemical admixtures.The word concrete comes from the Latin word...

 and marble
Marble
Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals, most commonly calcite or dolomite.Geologists use the term "marble" to refer to metamorphosed limestone; however stonemasons use the term more broadly to encompass unmetamorphosed limestone.Marble is commonly used for...

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There is also a large tractor plant, in Treviglio
Treviglio
Treviglio is a town and comune in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardy, northern Italy. It lies 20 km south of the capital city, in the lower territory called "Bassa" marked by the Adda and the Serio rivers....

, and a large pipe plant, in Dalmine
Dalmine
Dalmine is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 40 km northeast of Milan and about 8 km southwest of Bergamo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 22,326 and an area of 11.6 km².The municipality of Dalmine contains the...


Silks, metallurgical products and clothing are also common.
Bergamo masons and assemblers are very famous for their ability and dedication to work.

Demography

As the end of 2006 the province of Bergamo host 92.000 immigrants from country outside the European union (less than 10% of the total population).

About 15.000 of them came from Bolivia
Bolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...

, especially the city of Cochabamba
Cochabamba
Cochabamba is a city in central Bolivia, located in a valley bearing the same name in the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of the Cochabamba Department and is the fourth largest city in Bolivia with an urban population of 608,276 and a metropolitan population of more than 1,000,000 people...

, due to the strong relations of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bergamo
Roman Catholic Diocese of Bergamo
The Diocese of Bergamo is a see of the Catholic Church in Italy, and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Milan. It was founded in the fourth century CE, and its first bishop was Saint Narno...

 and the Archdiocese of Cochabamba
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cochabamba
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cochabamaba is an archdiocese located in the city of Cochabamba in Bolivia.-History:* June 25, 1847: Established as Diocese of Cochabamaba from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of La Plata and Diocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra...

. Most of Bolivians reside in the town of Bergamo
Bergamo
Bergamo is a town and comune in Lombardy, Italy, about 40 km northeast of Milan. The comune is home to over 120,000 inhabitants. It is served by the Orio al Serio Airport, which also serves the Province of Bergamo, and to a lesser extent the metropolitan area of Milan...

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Politics

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Bergamo Provincial Election Results June 2009
Name Party 1st Preference Votes %
Ettore Pietro Pirovano LN  362.903 59,0
Francesco Cornolti PD
Democratic Party (Italy)
The Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in Italy, that is the second-largest in the country. The party is led by Pier Luigi Bersani, who was elected in the 2009 leadership election....

 
124.683 20,3

See also

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