Province of Cuneo | |
Native Name Lang: | it |
Settlement Type: | Province |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Italy |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Piedmont |
Seat Type: | Capital(s) |
Seat: | Cuneo |
Parts Type: | Comuni |
Parts Style: | para |
P1: | 250 |
Leader Title: | President |
Leader Name: | Luca Robaldo |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 6902 |
Population Total: | 590309 |
Population As Of: | 30 June 2016 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type2: | GDP |
Demographics2 Footnotes: | [1] |
Demographics2 Title1: | Total |
Demographics2 Info1: | €17.987 billion (2015) |
Demographics2 Title2: | Per capita |
Demographics2 Info2: | €30,423 (2015) |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 12100 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone prefix |
Area Code: | 0171 |
Registration Plate: | CN |
Blank Name Sec1: | ISTAT |
Blank Info Sec1: | 004 |
The province of Cuneo (Italian: provincia di Cuneo; provincia ëd Coni) is a province in the Piedmont region of Italy. To the west, it borders the French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (departments of Alpes-Maritimes, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and Hautes-Alpes), to the north the Metropolitan City of Turin, to the east the province of Asti and to the south the Ligurian provinces of Savona and Imperia. It is also known as pms|la Provincia Granda|The Big Province|links=no, because it is the largest province in Piedmont and the fourth-largest in Italy (following Sassari, South Tyrol and Foggia). Briga Marittima and Tenda were part of this province before their cession to France in 1947.[2]
Its capital is the city of Cuneo. Of the 250 comuni in the province, the largest by population are:
Commune | Population |
---|---|
Cuneo | 56,201 |
Alba | 31,346 |
Bra | 29,593 |
Fossano | 24,306 |
Mondovì | 22,730 |
Savigliano | 21,526 |
Saluzzo | 16,971 |
Borgo San Dalmazzo | 12,457 |
Busca | 10,116 |
Racconigi | 10,094 |
Boves | 9,807 |
Cherasco | 9,128 |
Barge | 7,694 |
Dronero | 7,065 |
Companies active in the province include:
Many important industrial groups have branches in the province: Michelin (Cuneo and Fossano), Saint-Gobain (Savigliano), Valeo (Mondovì), Asahi Glass Co. (Cuneo), ITT (Barge), Diageo (Santa Vittoria d'Alba) and Nestlé (Moretta).
Cuneo is also the land of important wines, mostly produced in the Langhe and Roero hills, such as Barbaresco, Barolo, Nebbiolo, Barbera and many others.