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[[File:Torre Sant'Andrea (Lecce).jpg|thumb|250px|Torre Sant'Andrea]]
The '''Province of Lecce''' ({{lang-it|Provincia di Lecce}}) is a [[Provinces of Italy|province]] in the [[Apulia]] region of [[Italy]]. Its capital is the city of [[Lecce]]. Totally included in the [[Salento]] peninsula, it is the second most populous province in Apulia and the twenty-first most populous in Italy.
It has an area of 2,759 km² and a total population of 813,556 (12-31-2009). There are 97 [[comune]]s (Italian: ''comuni'') in the province, see [[Comunes of the Province of Lecce]]. As of 2009, the main communes by population were:
{| class="wikitable"
|-{{highlight1}}
!Commune
!Population
|-
|[[Lecce]]
| align="right" |94,949
|-
|[[Nardò]]
| align="right" |31,195
|-
|[[Galatina]]
| align="right" |27,317
|-
|[[Copertino]]
| align="right" |24,452
|-
|[[Gallipoli, Apulia|Gallipoli]]
| align="right" |21,038
|-
|[[Casarano]]
| align="right" |20,593
|-
|[[Tricase]]
| align="right" |17,832
|-
|[[Galatone]]
| align="right" |15,850
|-
|[[Maglie]]
| align="right" |14,982
|-
|[[Trepuzzi]]
| align="right" |14,702
|-
|[[Squinzano]]
| align="right" |14,636
|-
|[[Surbo]]
| align="right" |14,494
|-
|[[Veglie]]
| align="right" |14,337
|-
|[[Leverano]]
| align="right" |14,177
|-
|[[Monteroni di Lecce]]
| align="right" |13,895
|-
|[[Taviano]]
| align="right" |12,698
|-
|[[Taurisano]]
| align="right" |12,682
|-
|[[Carmiano]]
| align="right" |12,307
|-
|[[Ugento]]
| align="right" |12,076
|-
|[[Cavallino]]
| align="right" |11,995
|-
|[[Matino]]
| align="right" |11,814
|-
|[[Lizzanello]]
| align="right" |11,376
|-
|[[Campi Salentina]]
| align="right" |10,925
|-
|[[Racale]]
| align="right" |10,806
|-
|}
==External links==
*[http://www.provincia.le.it/ Official website]
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