"The province of Cosenza (Italian: provincia di Cosenza; Cosentian: pruvincia i Cusenze) is a province in the Calabria region of southern Italy. Its capital is the ...
city of Cosenza. It contains 150 comuni, listed at list of communes of the Province of Cosenza.
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. 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." - (en.wikipedia.org 07.02.2020)
- Latitude39.299999237061
- Longitude16.25
- Population705753
