Piedmont
Piedmont (/ˈpiːdmɒnt/ PEED-mont; Italian: Piemonte, pronounced [pjeˈmonte]; Piedmontese, Occitan and Arpitan: Piemont, Piedmontese pronunciation: [pjeˈmʊŋt]) is a region in the northern part of Italy. The name means "foot of mountain" (Alps). The capital is Turin. Piedmont has 8 provinces within it.
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| Country | Italy |
| Capital | Turin |
| Government | |
| • President | Alberto Cirio (FI) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 25,402 km2 (9,808 sq mi) |
| Population (31-10-2017) | |
| • Total | 4,377,941 |
| • Density | 172.346/km2 (446.375/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| GDP/ Nominal | €134.0[1] billion (2016) |
| GDP per capita | €30,800[2] (2008) |
| HDI (2017) | 0.887[3] very high · 10th of 21 |
| NUTS Region | ITC1 |
| Website | www.regione.piemonte.it |
In the north of Piedmont there is the country of Switzerland and the Italian region of Valle d'Aosta, in the east there are the regions of Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna, in the west there is France and in the south Liguria.
Piedmont was part of the Duchy of Savoy until the Italian unification of 1860 when the Duke of Savoy became King of Italy.
Provinces
Piedmont is divided into 8 provinces:
Piedmont Media
A Montferrat landscape, with the distant Alps in the background
The Kingdom of Sardinia in 1856
Maserati Levante Allegro Antinori One of One at Geneva Motor Show 2019
The campus of the Polytechnic University of Turin.
Map of the provinces of the Piedmont region of Italy.
The Juventus Stadium in Turin is the home of Juventus FC, throughout the years the most successful Serie A club.
The Palazzina di caccia of Stupinigi in Nichelino is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
References
- ↑ "Regionales Bruttoinlandsprodukt (Mio. EUR), nach NUTS-2-Regionen". Eurostat. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
- ↑ Regional GDP per inhabitant in 2008 GDP per inhabitant ranged from 28% of the EU27 average in Severozapaden in Bulgaria to 343% in Inner London. EUROPA Press Release, 24 February 2011
- ↑ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.