Piedmont (Italy)
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Piedmont Piemonte |
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| Region of Italy | |||
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| Country | Italy | ||
| Capital | Turin | ||
| Government | |||
| • President | Sergio Chiamparino (Democratic) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 25,402 km2 (9,808 sq mi) | ||
| Population (30-10-2012) | |||
| • Total | 4,646,251 | ||
| • Density | 180/km2 (470/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| GDP/ Nominal | €134.0 billion (2016) | ||
| GDP per capita | €30,800 (2008) | ||
| NUTS Region | ITC1 | ||
| Website | www.regione.piemonte.it | ||
| 31 December 2014 largest resident foreign-born groups | |
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| Country of birth | Population |
 Romania
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150,216 |
 Morocco
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60,384 |
 Albania
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40,339 |
 China
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19,042 |
 Peru
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14,021 |
 Ukraine
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9,994 |
 Macedonia
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7,602 |
 Nigeria
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7,574 |
 Philippine
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6,305 |
 Senegal
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6,248 |
 Egypt
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6,117 |
 Ecuador
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5,168 |
Piedmont (/ˈpiːdmɒnt/ PEED-mont; Italian: Piemonte, pronounced [pjeˈmonte]; Piedmontese and Occitan: Piemont; French: Piémont) is one of the 20 regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,402 square kilometres (9,808 sq mi) and a population of about 4.6 million. The capital of Piedmont is Turin.
The name Piedmont comes from medieval Latin Pedemontium or Pedemontis, i.e., ad pedem montium, meaning “at the foot of the mountains” (attested in documents of the end of the 12th century).
Other towns of Piedmont with more than 20,000 inhabitants sorted by population :
Piedmont is surrounded on three sides by the Alps, including Monviso, where the Po rises, and Monte Rosa. It borders with France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur), Switzerland (Ticino and Valais) and the Italian regions of Lombardy, Liguria, Aosta Valley and for a very small fragment with Emilia Romagna. The geography of Piedmont is 43.3% mountainous, along with extensive areas of hills (30.3%) and plains (26.4%).
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