province of Biella

{{Short description|Province of Italy, located in the Piedmont region}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Province of Biella

| native_name = {{native name|it|Provincia di Biella}}
{{native name|pms|Provincia ëd Biela}}

| native_name_lang = it

| settlement_type = Province

| image_skyline = Sede della provincia di Biella - ex-ospizio di carità.png

| image_alt =

| image_caption = The provincial seat

| image_flag =

| flag_alt =

| image_shield = Provincia di Biella-Stemma.svg

| shield_alt =

| image_map = Biella in Italy.svg

| map_alt =

| map_caption = Map highlighting the location of the province of Biella in Italy

| coordinates =

| coordinates_footnotes =

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Italy}}

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = Piedmont

| established_title =

| established_date =

| seat_type = Capital(s)

| seat = Biella

| parts_type = Comuni

| parts_style = para

| p1 = 82

| government_footnotes =

| leader_party =

| leader_title = President

| leader_name = Gianluca Foglia Barbisin

| unit_pref = Metric

| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = 913.28

| elevation_footnotes =

| elevation_m =

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 178551

| population_as_of = 1-1-2017

| population_density_km2 = auto

| demographics_type2 = GDP

| demographics2_footnotes = [http://stats.oecd.org/ Regions and Cities > Regional Statistics > Regional Economy > Regional Gross Domestic Product (Small regions TL3)], OECD.Stats. Accessed on 16 November 2018.

| 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

| iso_code =

| registration_plate = BI

| blank_name_sec1 = ISTAT

| blank_info_sec1 = 096

| website =

| footnotes =

}}

The province of Biella ({{langx|it|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.

Culture

Municipalities

File:Map of province of Biella (region Piedmont, Italy).svg

Image:Biella mappa.png

File:Map of municipalities of province of Biella, region Piedmont, Italy.svg

It has an area of {{convert|913|km2|mi2}} and a population of 178 551 (1–1–2017). There are 82 comuni ({{singular}}: 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:

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!Comune

!Population

Biella

| align="right" |46,182

Cossato

| align="right" |15,058

Vigliano Biellese

| align="right" |8,426

Candelo

| align="right" |8,015

Trivero

| align="right" |6,617

Mongrando

| align="right" |4,037

Valle Mosso

| align="right" |3,981

Occhieppo Inferiore

| align="right" |3,970

Ponderano

| align="right" |3,904

Gaglianico

| align="right" |3,893

Cavaglià

| align="right" |3,688

Andorno Micca

| align="right" |3,572

File:Biella veduta.jpg]]

File:Chiesa cossato.jpg]]

The full list is:

Transport

File:Minuetto elettrico sul ponte di Salussola.JPG bridge over the torrent Elvo. In transit an electric Minuet train]]

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See also

References

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