Back Cosenza (provinsie) Afrikaans مقاطعة كزنسة Arabic Provincia de Cosenza AST کزنتزا اوستانی AZB Provinz Cosenza BAR Provincia nin Cosenza BCL Казенца (правінцыя) Byelorussian Козенца (провинция) Bulgarian Proviñs Cosenza Breton Província de Cosenza Catalan
Province of Cosenza | |
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 Palazzo del Governo, the provincial seat | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Map highlighting the location of the province of Cosenza in Italy | |
| Country |  Italy |
| Region | Calabria |
| Capital(s) | Cosenza |
| Comuni | 150 |
| Government | |
| • President | Franco Antonio Iacucci |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6,710 km2 (2,590 sq mi) |
| Population (30 April 2017) | |
| • Total | 710,189 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (270/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | €10.772 billion (2015) |
| • Per capita | €15,045 (2015) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 87100 |
| Telephone prefix | 0968, 0981, 0982, 0983, 0984, 0985 |
| Vehicle registration | CS |
| ISTAT | 078 |
The province of Cosenza (Italian: provincia di Cosenza) is a province in the Calabria region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Cosenza. It contains 150 comuni (sg.: comune), listed at list of comuni of the province of Cosenza.[2]
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.[3] 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.
- ^ Regions and Cities > Regional Statistics > Regional Economy > Regional Gross Domestic Product (Small regions TL3), OECD.Stats. Accessed on 16 November 2018.
- ^ "Provincia di Cosenza". Tutt Italia. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ^ "Occitan in Italy". Euromosaic. Retrieved 19 August 2015.