Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola

Infobox_ProvinceIT
fullname = Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola
name = Verbano-Cusio-Ossola
region = Piedmont
capital = Verbania
commune = 77
area = 2,255
population_as_of = (2006)
population = 161,732
populationdensity = 71.6
vehicle = VB
postal_code = Verbania: 28921-28925, Other areas: 28811-28897
telephone_prefix = 0321, 0322, 0323, 0324
ISTAT = 103
president = Paolo Ravaioli

Verbano-Cusio-Ossola (Italian: "Provincia del Verbano Cusio Ossola") is the northernmost province in the Italian region of Piedmont. It was created in 1996 through the fusion of three distinct regions which had previously been part of the Province of Novara. The area flanking the western shore of Verbano (or Lago Maggiore) forms the eastern part of the province; Cusio (or Lago d’Orta) and its environs form the southern part; while the north and east of the province consists of the Ossola, a region of Alpine mountains and valleys.

The province has a total population of some 160,000, distributed over an area of 2,255 km², with the biggest population centres being its capital Verbania on the shores of Lago Maggiore, Domodossola the main town of the Ossola, and Omegna at the northern end of Lago d’Orta.

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Municipal subdivisions

There are 77 "communes" in the province ( [http://www.upinet.it/indicatore.asp?id_statistiche=6] ). Of the these the largest by population are:

Culture

UNESCO Sacred Mountains

In 2003, the Sacred Mountain of Domodossola and the Sacred Mountain of Ghiffa were inserted by UNESCO in the World Heritage List.

External links

* [http://www.provincia.verbania.it/ Official website]
* [http://www.illagomaggiore.com Portale del Lago Maggiore] - a portal run by the local Trading Chamber
* [http://www.sacrimonti.net/User/index.php?PAGE=Sito_it/Catalogo_eng Official web site for European Sacred Mountains] en icon