Province o Verbano-Cusio-Ossola

Verbano-Cusio-Ossola (Italian: Provincia del Verbano Cusio Ossola) is the northmaist province in the Italian region o Piemont. It wis creatit in 1996 through the fusion o three destinct regions which haed previously been pairt o the Province o Novara. The aurie flankin the wastren shore o Verbano (or Lago Maggiore) forms the eastren pairt o the province; Cusio (or Lago d’Orta) an its environs form the soothren pairt; while the north an east o the province consists o the Ossola, a region o Alpine muntains an valleys.

Province o Verbano-Cusio-Ossola
Province
Map heichlichtin the location o the province o Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in Italy
Kintra	Italy
Region	Piemont
Caipital(s)	Verbania
Comuni	77
Govrenment
• Preses	Massimo Nobili
Area
• Total	2255 km2 (871 sq mi)
Population  (2006)
• Total	161,732
• Density	72/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	Verbania: 28921-28925, Ither auries: 28811-28897
Telephone prefix	0321, 0322, 0323, 0324
Vehicle registration	VB
ISTAT	103

The province haes a total population o some 160,000, distributit ower an aurie o 2,255 km², wi the biggest population centres being its caipital Verbania on the shores of Lago Maggiore, Domodossola the main toun o the Ossola, an Omegna at the northren end o Lago d’Orta.

Map o the province

Municipal subdiveesions

There are 77 communes in the province ([1] Archived 2007-08-07 at the Wayback Machine). O the these the lairgest bi population are:

Commune	Population
Verbania	30,836
Domodossola	18,362
Omegna	15,949
Gravellona Toce	7,595
Villadossola	6,915
Cannobio	5,113
Stresa	5,104

Cultur

UNESCO Sacred Muntains

In 2003, the Sacred Muntain o Domodossola an the Sacred Muntain o Ghiffa wur insertit bi UNESCO in the Warld Heritage Leet.

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  Sacro Monte di Domodossola
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  Sacro Monte di Domodossola
  View o the chapels IX an XI
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  Sacro Monte di Domodossola
  Chapel IX

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  Sacro Monte di Ghiffa
  Crucifixion an Trinity, 16t century
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  Sacro Monte di Ghiffa
  Unkent airtist o XVIII Century, Three Angels visitin Aubraham
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  Sacro Monte di Ghiffa
  Landscape frae the Sacro Monte

Demographics

The top aicht kintras o oreegin o the inhabitants o Verbano-Cusio-Ossola wi foreign citizenship at 31 December 2010 were:

• Ukraine 1724
• Morocco 1402
• Romanie 1233
• Albanie 770
• Cheenae 737
• Senegal 429
• Germany 315
• Swisserland 219

Freemit airtins

• Offeecial wabsteid Archived 2017-12-07 at the Wayback Machine
• Portale del Lago Maggiore - a portal run bi the local Trading Chamber
• Offeecial wab steid for European Sacred Muntains (in Inglis)