Province of Cosenza
Cosenza (Italian:
Provincia di Cosenza) is a
province in the
Calabria region of
Italy. Its capital is the city of
Cosenza.
It has an area of 6,650 km², and a total population of 733,797 (2001). There are 155
communes in the province (source: Italian institute of statistics
Istat, see
this link).
Cosenza includes a community of speakers of the Occitan language, which was established by members of the
Waldensian or Vaudois movement, who emigrated there to escape religious persecution in the 13th and 14th centuries (see
this link).
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Provincia di Cosenza homepage (in Italian)
