Biella (It. Provincia di Biella) is a province of Italy located in Piedmont. It was created in 1992 and its capital is the city of Biella. In Italy, the province (in Italian: provincia) is an administrative division of an intermediate level, between municipality (comune) and region (Regione). ... Piedmont is a region of northwestern Italy. ... Biella (Latin: Bugella) is a town and comune in the northern Italian region of Piemonte, the capital of the province of the same name, 45°34N 8°04E, 420 m (1378 ft) above sea-level, with 45,500 inhabitants as of the 2001 census. ...
It has an area of 914 sq km, and a total population of 187,249 (2001). There are 82 communes in the province (source: Italian institute of statistics Istat, see this link).
Coordinates: 45°34′N 08°04′E Biella (Latin: Bugella) is a town and comune in the northern Italian region of Piemonte, the capital of the province of the same name, with 45,500 inhabitants as of the 2001 census.
Bishop Uguccione's castle was destroyed in a revolt in 1377 that led to the subjection of Biella, along with its dependent comuni, to the yoke of the house of Savoy.
In 1859 Biella was besieged by the Austrians but Garibaldi forced an end to the siege, and the town became part of the province of Novara, losing its status as regional capital that it had received in the 17th century from Charles Emanuel of Savoy; it was transferred to the province of Vercelli in 1927.
Biella came under the Visconti of Milan in 1353 and under the house of Savoy in 1379.
Biella (Latin: Bugella) is a town and comune in the northern Italian region of Piemonte, the capital of the province of the same name, with 45,500 inhabitants as of the 2001 census.
In 1992, the new province of Biella was formed, separating the territory from the north-western sector of the province of Vercelli.
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