Map highlighting the location of the province of Lecce in Italy
The Province of Lecce (Italian: Provincia di Lecce) is a province in the Apulia region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Lecce. It is the second most populated province in Apulia.
It has an area of 2759 km², and a total population of 787,639 (2001). There are 97 comunes (Italian: comuni) in the province [1], see Comunes of the Province of Lecce. As of 2005, the main communes by population were: