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The '''Province of Como''' ({{lang-it|Provincia di Como}}) is a [[Provinces of Italy|province]] in the north of the [[Lombardy]] region of [[Italy]] and borders the [[Switzerland|Swiss]] cantons of [[Ticino]] and [[Grigioni]] to the North, the Italian provinces of [[Province of Sondrio|Sondrio]] and [[Province of Lecco|Lecco]] to the East, the [[Province of Milan]] to the south and the [[Province of Varese]] to the West. The city of [[Como]] is its capital - other large towns, with more than 10,000 inhabitants, are [[Cantù]], [[Erba]], [[Mariano Comense]] and [[Olgiate Comasco]]. [[Campione d'Italia]] also belongs to the province and is [[enclave]]d in the Swiss canton of Ticino.
As of May 31, 2005, the main commune by population are:
{| class="wikitable"
!Commune
!Population
|-
|[[Como]]
| align="right" |84,085
|-
|[[Cantù]]
| align="right" |37,870
|-
|[[Mariano Comense]]
| align="right" |21,844
|-
|[[Erba (CO)|Erba]]
| align="right" |16,874
|-
|[[Olgiate Comasco]]
| align="right" |10,893
|-
|[[Lurate Caccivio]]
| align="right" |10,052
|-
|[[Cermenate]]
| align="right" |8,772
|-
|[[Fino Mornasco]]
| align="right" |8,748
|-
|[[Turate]]
| align="right" |8,389
|-
|[[Lomazzo]]
| align="right" |8,329
|-
|[[Inverigo]]
| align="right" |8,280
|-
|[[Mozzate]]
| align="right" |7,494
|-
|[[Appiano Gentile]]
| align="right" |7,236
|-
|[[Cabiate]]
| align="right" |7,100
|-
|[[Cernobbio]]
| align="right" |7,036
|-
|[[Canzo]]
| align="right" |5,192
|-
|[[Menaggio]]
| align="right" |3,235
|-
|[[Bellagio]]
| align="right" |3,033
|-
|}
The [[Bergamo Alps]] and some hills cover the territory of the province, and the most important body of water is the glacial [[Lake Como]]. Como is also famous because it is the city of [[Alessandro Volta]], inventor of the [[Battery (electricity)|electric battery]] in [[1800]].
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(Towns of Brianza in Province of Como:
Albavilla, Albese con Cassano, Alserio, Alzate Brianza, Anzano del Parco, Arosio, Brenna, Cabiate, Cantù, Canzo, Carimate, Carugo, Caslino d'Erba, Castelmarte, Cermenate, Cucciago, Erba, Eupilio, Figino Serenza, Fino Mornasco, Inverigo, Lambrugo, Longone al Segrino,Luisago, Lurago d'Erba, Mariano Comense, Merone, Monguzzo, Montorfano, Novedrate, Orsenigo, Ponte Lambro, Proserpio, Pusiano. Capiago Intimiano, Casnate con Bernate, Lipomo, Senna Comasco, Tavernerio. Some people include in Brianza also these other municipalities of the province of Como : Villa Guardia, Grandate, Montano Lucino, Cavallasca and Asso, Sormano, Caglio, Rezzago, Lasnigo, Magreglio, Civenna )
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== See also ==
*[[Communes of the province of Como]]
*[[Giuseppe Terragni]]
*[[Antonio Sant'Elia]]
*[[Alessandro Volta]]
== External links ==
* [http://www.provincia.Como.it Provincia di Como homepage (in Italian)]
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