Province of Cosenza

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. {{col-start}} {{col-break}} *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]] {{col-end}} == External links == * [http://www.provincia.cosenza.it Provincia di Cosenza homepage (in Italian)] {{Calabria}} {{Province of Cosenza|nocat=yes}} {{coord missing|Italy}}