Province of Cuneo explained

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]

Administration

Its capital is the city of Cuneo. Of the 250 comuni in the province, the largest by population are:

CommunePopulation
Cuneo56,201
Alba31,346
Bra29,593
Fossano24,306
Mondovì22,730
Savigliano21,526
Saluzzo16,971
Borgo San Dalmazzo12,457
Busca10,116
Racconigi10,094
Boves9,807
Cherasco9,128
Barge7,694
Dronero7,065

Economy

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.

See also

Sources

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Notes and References

  1. http://stats.oecd.org/ Regions and Cities > Regional Statistics > Regional Economy > Regional Gross Domestic Product (Small regions TL3)
  2. Book: Construction de l'espace au Moyen Age: pratiques et représentations. Construction of space in the Middle Ages: practices and representations. 2007. Publications de la Sorbonne. French. 978-2-85944-587-4. 391.