| Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola | |
| Native Name Lang: | it |
| Settlement Type: | Province |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Italy |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Piedmont |
| Seat Type: | Capital(s) |
| Seat: | Verbania |
| Parts Type: | Comuni |
| Parts Style: | para |
| P1: | 74 |
| Leader Title: | President |
| Leader Name: | Alessandro Lana |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 2255 |
| Population Total: | 161732 |
| Population As Of: | 2006 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type2: | GDP |
| Demographics2 Footnotes: | [1] |
| Demographics2 Title1: | Total |
| Demographics2 Info1: | €3.733 billion (2015) |
| Demographics2 Title2: | Per capita |
| Demographics2 Info2: | €23,259 (2015) |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | Verbania: 28921-28925, Other areas: 28811-28897 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone prefix |
| Area Code: | 0163, 0322, 0323, 0324 |
| Iso Code: | VB |
| Registration Plate: | VB |
| Blank Name Sec1: | ISTAT |
| Blank Info Sec1: | 103 |
The province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola (Italian: provincia del Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, pronounced as /it/) is a province in the Piedmont region of Italy. It was created in 1992 through the fusion of three geographical areas 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 west of the province consist of the Ossola, a region of Alpine mountains and valleys. The ISO code for the province is VB.
The province has a total population of some 160,000, distributed over an area of 2255km2, 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.
There are 74 comuni (: comune) in the province.https://web.archive.org/web/20070807094512/http://www.upinet.it/indicatore.asp?id_statistiche=6 The largest by population are:
| Comune | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Verbania | 30,836 | |
| Domodossola | 18,362 | |
| Omegna | 15,949 | |
| Gravellona Toce | 7,595 | 120px |
| Villadossola | 6,915 | |
| Cannobio | 5,113 | |
| Stresa | 5,104 | |
In 2003, the Sacred Mountain of Domodossola and the Sacred Mountain of Ghiffa were inserted by UNESCO in the World Heritage List.
Common in the whole Insubria area are bruscitti, originating from Alto Milanese, which consist in a braised meat dish cut very thin and cooked in wine and fennel seeds, historically obtained by stripping leftover meat.
The top eight countries of origin of the inhabitants of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola with foreign citizenship at 31 December 2010 were:[2]
Ukraine: 1724
Morocco: 1402
Romania: 1233
Albania: 770
China: 737
Senegal: 429
Germany: 315
Switzerland: 219