Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani | |
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Country | Italy |
Region | Apulia |
Capital(s) | Barletta, Andria and Trani |
Comuni | 10 |
Government | |
• President | Bernardo Lodispoto (independent) |
Area | |
• Total | 1,543 km2 (596 sq mi) |
Population (2005) | |
• Total | 384,293 |
• Density | 250/km2 (650/sq mi) |
GDP | |
• Total | €5.888 billion (2015) |
• Per capita | €14,946 (2015) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Vehicle registration | BT |
The province of Barletta-Andria-Trani (Italian : provincia di Barletta-Andria-Trani) is a province in the Apulia region of Italy. The establishment of the province took effect in June 2009, and Andria was appointed as its seat of government on 21 May 2010. [2]
It was created from 10 comuni (SG: comune ), which were formerly in the provinces of Bari and Foggia, taking its name from the three cities which share the new province's administrative functions. The total population of the 10 municipalities comprising the new province was 383,018 at the 2001 census.
(With populations at the 2001 census)
President | Term start | Term end | Party | |
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1 | Francesco Ventola | 8 June 2009 | 14 October 2014 | The People of Freedom |
2 | Francesco Carlo Spina | 14 October 2014 | 29 February 2016 | Independent (centre-right) |
3 | Nicola Giorgino | 11 October 2016 | 29 April 2019 | Forza Italia |
4 | Bernardo Lodispoto | 27 September 2019 | Incumbent | Independent (centre-left) |
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