Province of Cosenza
Also known as Cosenza province, provincia di Cosenza
province in the Calabria region of Italy
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The Province of Cosenza is an administrative area located in Calabria, a region in southern Italy. It serves as an important part of Italy's regional government structure in that part of the country.
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- Official name
- Provincia di Cosenza
- Population
- 670943
- Area
- 6649.96
- Official website
- www.provincia.cs.it
- Image
- Cosenza Palazzo del Governo - panoramio.jpg
- Licence plate code
- CS
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- Province of Cosenza
- postal code
- 87100
- P12749
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The province of Cosenza (Italian: provincia di Cosenza) is a province in the region of Calabria in southern Italy. Its capital is the city of Cosenza. It has a population of 667,134 in an area of 6,709.75 square kilometres (2,590.65 sq mi) across its 150 municipalities.
The province of Cosenza contains a community of Occitan language (also known as Langue d'oc) speakers in Guardia Piemontese: it was formed by Vaudoi or Waldensian movement members, who moved to Cosenza to avoid religious persecution, in the 13th and 14th centuries. Many of the Arbëreshë Albanians of Italy live in the province, since arriving in the 16th century to flee the religious persecution undertaken by the Ottoman Empire.