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The Province of Cosenza is a province
Provinces of Italy

In Italy, a province is an administrative division of intermediate level between municipality and Regions of Italy .|||}A province is composed of many municipalities, and usually several provinces form a region....
 in the Calabria
Calabria

Calabria , is a Regions of Italy in Southern Italy Italy, south of Naples, located at the "toe" of the Italian peninsula. It is bounded to the north by the region of Basilicata, to the south-west by the region of Sicily, to the west by the Tyrrhenian Sea, and to the east by the Ionian Sea....
 region of Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
. Its capital is the city of Cosenza
Cosenza

Cosenza is a city in Italy, located at the confluence of the rivers Busento and Crathis. The municipal population is of around 70,000. The urban area, however, counts over 250,000 inhabitants....
.

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
Comune

In Italy, the comune, is the basic administrative division of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality....
s (Italian: comuni) in the province , see Comunes of the Province of Cosenza
Comunes of the Province of Cosenza

The following is a list of the 155 comune of the Province of Cosenza, Calabria, in Italy.References*Istituto Nazionale di Statistica...
.

The Province of Cosenza includes a community of speakers of the Occitan language
Occitan language

Occitan , known also as Lenga d'?c or Langue d'oc is a Romance languages spoken in Occitania, that is, Southern France, the Occitan Valleys of Italy, Monaco and in the Aran Valley of Spain....
 (also known as Langue d'oc) in Guardia Piemontese
Guardia Piemontese

Guardia Piemontese is a town and comune in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy. Guardia is an Occitan language linguistic enclave ....
: it was established by members of the Waldensian
Waldensians

Waldensians, Waldenses or Vaudois are names for a Christian spiritual movement of the later Middle Ages, descendants of which still exist in various regions....
 or Vaudois movement, who emigrated there to escape religious persecution in the 13th and 14th centuries (see ).






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The Province of Cosenza is a province
Provinces of Italy

In Italy, a province is an administrative division of intermediate level between municipality and Regions of Italy .|||}A province is composed of many municipalities, and usually several provinces form a region....
 in the Calabria
Calabria

Calabria , is a Regions of Italy in Southern Italy Italy, south of Naples, located at the "toe" of the Italian peninsula. It is bounded to the north by the region of Basilicata, to the south-west by the region of Sicily, to the west by the Tyrrhenian Sea, and to the east by the Ionian Sea....
 region of Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
. Its capital is the city of Cosenza
Cosenza

Cosenza is a city in Italy, located at the confluence of the rivers Busento and Crathis. The municipal population is of around 70,000. The urban area, however, counts over 250,000 inhabitants....
.

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
Comune

In Italy, the comune, is the basic administrative division of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality....
s (Italian: comuni) in the province , see Comunes of the Province of Cosenza
Comunes of the Province of Cosenza

The following is a list of the 155 comune of the Province of Cosenza, Calabria, in Italy.References*Istituto Nazionale di Statistica...
.

The Province of Cosenza includes a community of speakers of the Occitan language
Occitan language

Occitan , known also as Lenga d'?c or Langue d'oc is a Romance languages spoken in Occitania, that is, Southern France, the Occitan Valleys of Italy, Monaco and in the Aran Valley of Spain....
 (also known as Langue d'oc) in Guardia Piemontese
Guardia Piemontese

Guardia Piemontese is a town and comune in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy. Guardia is an Occitan language linguistic enclave ....
: it was established by members of the Waldensian
Waldensians

Waldensians, Waldenses or Vaudois are names for a Christian spiritual movement of the later Middle Ages, descendants of which still exist in various regions....
 or Vaudois movement, who emigrated there to escape religious persecution in the 13th and 14th centuries (see ). There is also a considerable Arbėreshė
Arbėreshė

Arb?resh? are an ethnic Albanians community living in Italy, especially the regions of Calabria and Sicily. The Arb?resh? have their own distinct culture and even have been able to keep their Albanian identity over the centuries....
 community, who settled in Italy during the 15th and 16th centuries.

See also

  • Calabrian wine
    Calabrian wine

    Calabrian wine is Italian wine from the Calabria region of southern Italy. Over 90% of the region's wine production is red wine, with a large portion made from the Gaglioppo grape....


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