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Lombardy [b] (Italian: Lombardia; [c] Lombard: Lombardia) [a] [d] is an administrative region of Italy that covers 23,844 km 2 (9,206 sq mi); it is located in northern Italy and has a population of about 10 million people, constituting more than one-sixth of Italy's population.
The Adamello Range on the other hand is located between the Adda and Adige and thus entirely within Italy. The highest elevated locality to be found in Lombardy is the secondary peak of the Piz Bernina, La Spedla , at 4,020 metres (13,190 ft).
Northern Italy (Italian: Italia settentrionale, Nord Italia, Alta Italia) is a geographical and cultural region in the northern part of Italy. [3] [4] The Italian National Institute of Statistics defines the region as encompassing the four northwestern regions of Piedmont, Aosta Valley, Liguria and Lombardy in addition to the four northeastern regions of Trentino-Alto Adige, Veneto, Friuli ...
In 2010, there were 119,551 people residing in Bergamo (in which the greater area has about 500 000 inhabitants), located in the province of Bergamo, Lombardy, of whom 46.6% were male and 53.4% were female. Minors (children ages 18 and younger) totalled 16.79 percent of the population compared to pensioners who number 23.61 percent.
The Lombard League. Map of Historical Lombardy. Lombardy (Lombard: Lombardia), also called Historical Lombardy (Lombardia storega) or Greater Lombardy (Grand Lombardia), is a name referring to the territory, larger than the modern Italian administrative region, which culturally, linguistically and politically has been historically considered Lombard.
During World War II, in November 1943, Nazi Germany relocated the Stalag 337 prisoner-of-war camp from Leśna in German-occupied Poland to Mantua. [12] The camp was dissolved in February 1944, and in April 1944 the Dulag 339 transit camp for British, Italian, American, French, Greek and Yugoslav POWs was established in its place, and remained ...
Brescia is located in the northwestern section of the Po Valley, at the foot of the Brescian Prealps, between the Mella and the Naviglio, with the Lake Iseo to the west and the Lake Garda to the east (but it has also other important lakes like Idro and Moro [19]). The southern area of the city is flat, while towards the north the territory ...
Location of Lombardy within Italy Provinces of Lombardy. The following is a list of the municipalities of Lombardy, Italy. [1] There are 1,507 municipalities in Lombardy (as of January 2019): 243 in the Province of Bergamo; 205 in the Province of Brescia; 148 in the Province of Como; 112 in the Province of Cremona; 85 in the Province of Lecco