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The '''Province of Cosenza''' ({{lang-it|Provincia di Cosenza}}) is a [[Provinces of Italy|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). It is the biggest Calabrian Province. There are 155 [[comune]]s (Italian: ''comuni'') in the province [http://www.upinet.it/indicatore.asp?id_statistiche=6], see [[Comunes of the Province of Cosenza]].
==Minorities==
The Province of Cosenza includes a community of speakers of the [[Occitan language]] (also known as Langue d'oc) in [[Guardia Piemontese]]: it was established by members of the [[Waldensians|Waldensian]] or Vaudois movement, who emigrated there to escape religious persecution in the 13th and 14th centuries (see [http://www.uoc.edu/euromosaic/web/document/occita/an/i3/i3.html this link]). There is also a considerable [[Arbëreshë]] community, who settled in Italy during the 15th and 16th centuries.
==Surnames==
15 most common surnames in the Cosenza province.
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*1. [[Greco (surname)|Greco]]
*2. [[Bruno (name)|Bruno]]
*3. [[Russo]]
*4. [[Luca (disambiguation)|De Luca]]
*5. [[Perri]]
*6. [[Ferraro]]
*7. [[Gallo (disambiguation)|Gallo]]
*8. [[Caruso (disambiguation)|Caruso]]
*9. [[Marco (given name)|De Marco]]
*10. [[Marino (name)|Marino]]
*11. [[Perrone]]
*12. [[Rose (name)|De Rose]]
*13. [[Stefano Morrone|Morrone]]
*14. [[Esposito]]
*15. [[Santoro]]
*16. [[Costanzo (disambiguation)|Costanzo]]
*17. [[Tucci]]
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== External links ==
* [http://www.provincia.cosenza.it Provincia di Cosenza homepage (in Italian)]
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