Province of Biella | |
Native Name Lang: | it |
Settlement Type: | Province |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Italy |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Piedmont |
Seat Type: | Capital(s) |
Seat: | Biella |
Parts Type: | Comuni |
Parts Style: | para |
P1: | 82 |
Leader Title: | President |
Leader Name: | Gianluca Foglia Barbisin |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 913.28 |
Population Total: | 178551 |
Population As Of: | 1-1-2017 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type2: | GDP |
Demographics2 Footnotes: | [1] |
Demographics2 Title1: | Total |
Demographics2 Info1: | €4.610 billion (2015) |
Demographics2 Title2: | Per capita |
Demographics2 Info2: | €25,556 (2015) |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 13900 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone prefix |
Area Code: | 015 |
Registration Plate: | BI |
Blank Name Sec1: | ISTAT |
Blank Info Sec1: | 096 |
The province of Biella (Italian: provincia di Biella; Piedmontese: provincia ëd Biela) is a province in the Piedmont region of Italy. It was created in 1992 and its capital is the city of Biella.It has an area of 913km2 and a population of 178 551 (1–1–2017). There are 82 comuni (: comune) in the province https://web.archive.org/web/20070807094512/http://www.upinet.it/indicatore.asp?id_statistiche=6.
The main comuni (municipalities) by population are:
Comune | Population |
---|---|
Biella | 46,182 |
Cossato | 15,058 |
Vigliano Biellese | 8,426 |
Candelo | 8,015 |
Trivero | 6,617 |
Mongrando | 4,037 |
Valle Mosso | 3,981 |
Occhieppo Inferiore | 3,970 |
Ponderano | 3,904 |
Gaglianico | 3,893 |
Cavaglià | 3,688 |
Andorno Micca | 3,572 |
See main article: Sacro Monte di Oropa.
Biella is home to the Sacred Mountain of Oropa, which became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2003.