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Piedmont (Italy)

Piedmont
Piemonte
Region of Italy
Flag of Piedmont
Flag
Coat of arms of Piedmont
Coat of arms
Piedmont in Italy.svg
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
Country of birth Population
Romania Romania 150,216
Morocco Morocco 60,384
Albania Albania 40,339
China China 19,042
Peru Peru 14,021
Ukraine Ukraine 9,994
Republic of Macedonia Macedonia 7,602
Nigeria Nigeria 7,574
Philippines Philippine 6,305
Senegal Senegal 6,248
Egypt Egypt 6,117
Ecuador Ecuador 5,168

Piedmont (/ˈpdmɒnt/ 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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