is a province in the southwest of the
Piedmont region of
Italy . To the west it borders on the
French Region of
Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur (
Departments of
Alpes-Maritimes ,
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and
Hautes-Alpes ).
To the north it borders on the
Province Of Turin .
To the east it borders on the
Province Of Asti .
To the south it borders on the
Ligurian provinces of
Savona and
Imperia .
It is also known as the Provincia Granda, the big province, because it is the biggest province in Italy. This has created problems in the past with the Alba's inhabitants, frustrated from the long trip to Cuneo every time they need to have business with the province government. Several times the issue of dividing the province into two has been brought up.
Its capital is the city of
Cuneo . Of the 250
Communes in the province, the largest by population are:
