Place:Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piemonte, Italy

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NameVerbano-Cusio-Ossola
Alt namesProvince of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola
Provincia del Verbano Cusio Ossolasource: Wikipedia
Verbaniasource: Associvile Online
Verbano-Cusio Ossolasource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Verbano-Cusio Ossola provincesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Verbano-Cusio-Ossolasource: Wikipedia
TypeProvince
Located inPiemonte, Italy
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Verbano-Cusio-Ossola (Italian: 'Provincia del Verbano Cusio Ossola' ) is the northernmost province in the Italian region of Piedmont. 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 for the province is VB.

The province has a total population of some 160,000, distributed over an area of , 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.


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