Province of Frosinone
Province of Frosinone
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Palazzo Gramsci, the provincial seat | |
Map highlighting the location of the province of Frosinone in Italy | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Lazio |
| Capital(s) | Frosinone |
| Comuni | 91 |
| Government | |
| • President | Luca Di Stefano (PD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,247.08 km2 (1,253.70 sq mi) |
| Population (30 November 2019) | |
• Total | 486,093 |
| GDP | |
| • Total | €10.659 billion (2015) |
| • Per capita | €21,490 (2015) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 03100 |
| Telephone prefix | 0775 |
| Vehicle registration | FR |
| ISTAT | 060 |
The province of Frosinone (Italian: provincia di Frosinone) is a province in the Lazio region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Frosinone. It has an area of 3,247 square kilometres (1,254 sq mi) and a total population of 493,605 (2016). The province contains 91 comuni (sg.: comune), listed in the comuni of the province of Frosinone.
The province was established by royal decree on 6 December 1926 with territories belonging to the then provinces of Rome and Caserta. The areas of the then province of Caserta were the left valley of the Liri-Garigliano river, the district of Sora, the Valle di Comino, the district of Cassino, the Gulf of Formia and Gaeta, the Pontine Islands, which until then had been for centuries included in the Province called Terra di Lavoro, of the Kingdom of Naples (or of the Two Sicilies). Most of these territories were part of the ancient Latium adiectum.