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Province of Lucca, Tuscany

Province of Lucca

Region Toscana - Tuscany, Italy

The Province of Lucca has a surface area of 1,773 sq km, with a total population of about 370,000 inhabitants. It is administratively divided into 35 Municipalities, the most populous being the rpovince capital Lucca, Viareggio, Capannori, Camaiore and Pietrasanta. The territory includes the 3 main areas of Piana di Lucca, Garfagnana and Versilia.

The Comuni in the Province of Lucca

Province of Lucca

History

Including the historical area of the Duchy of Lucca, the province was enlarged in 1923 with the following communes of Garfagnana previously belonging to the province of Massa-Carrara: Camporgiano, Careggine, Castelnuovo Garfagnana, Castiglione di Garfagnana, Fosciandora, Gallicano, Giuncugnano, Minucciano, Molazzana, Piazza al Serchio, Pieve Fosciana, San Romano in Garfagnana, Sillano, Trassilico (oggi Fabbriche di Vallico), Vagli Sotto, Vergemoli and Villa Collemandina. In 1928 the communes of Bagni di Montecatini, Buggiano, Massa e Cozzile, Monsummano Terme, Montecatini Val di Nievole, Pescia, Ponte Buggianese, Uzzano and Vellano, previously in the province of Lucca, passed under the jurisdiction of the province of Pistoia.

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