Northwest Italy
Northwest Italy (Italian: Italia nord-occidentale or just Nord-Ovest) is one of the five official statistical regions of Italy used by the National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT), a NUTS1 level region.
Northwest Italy
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|---|---|
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| Country | Italy |
| Regions | |
| Area | |
| • Total | 57,950 km2 (22,370 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Estimate (2022) | 15,817,057 |
| Languages | |
| – Official language | Italian |
| – Official linguistic minorities[2] | |
| – Regional languages | |
Northwest Italy is defined only for statistical and for some elections.
Geography
changeNorthwest Italy borders to the west with France, to the north with Switzerland and to the east with Northeast Italy (Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Veneto and Emilia-Romagna). To the south is Toscana (Central Italy), a short distance, and the Ligurian Sea.
The Alps are in the northern part of the region and the northern Apennines in the south. The highest point in the region and in Italy is Mont Blanc (45°49′58″N 6°51′53″E / 45.83278°N 6.86472°E), in the Alps (Valle d'Aosta) on the border with France; it is 4,810 metres (15,780 ft) high.[3]
Northwest Italy has an important part of the valley of the Po river (Italian: Pianura Padana). The Po is the longest river of Northeast Italy and of Italy.
Regions
changeCentral Italy encompasses four of the 20 regions of Italy, including 24 provinces and 1,789 comuniː
| Region | Capital | Population[4] (2016) |
Area[5] (km²) |
Density (inh./km²) |
Provinces | Comuni |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liguria | Genoa | 1,571,053 | 5,416.21 | 290.1 | 4 | 235 |
| Lombardy | Milan | 10,008,349 | 23,863.65 | 419.4 | 12 | 1,524 |
| Piedmont | Turin | 4,404,246 | 25,387.07 | 173.5 | 8 | 1,201 |
| Valle d'Aosta | Aosta | 127,329 | 3,260.90 | 39.0 | 1 | 74 |
| Total | 16,110,977 | 57,927.83 | 278.1 | 25 | 3,034 | |
The comuni with more than 100,000 persons living in them areː
| Comune | Population[4] | Province | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milan | 1,345,851 | Milan | Lombardy |
| Turin | 890,529 | Turin | Piedmont |
| Genoa | 586,655 | Genoa | Liguria |
| Brescia | 196,480 | Brescia | Lombardy |
| Monza | 122,671 | Monza and Brianza | Lombardy |
| Bergamo | 119,381 | Bergamo | Lombardy |
| Novara | 104,380 | Novara | Piedmont |
Related pages
change- NUTS level 1:
- Northwest Italy
- Northeast Italy
- Central Italy
- South Italy
- Insular Italy
- Northern Italy
- Southern Italy
References
change- ↑ "Bilancio demografico e popolazione residente per sesso al 31 dicembre 2022" (in Italian). Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- ↑ "Legge 482". Webcitation.org. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 2015-10-17.
- ↑ "Mont Blanc, France/Italy". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Statistiche demografiche ISTAT" (in Italian). Demo.istat.it. Archived from the original on 26 June 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
- ↑ "Regioni italiane" (in Italian). Tuttitalia.it. Retrieved 27 January 2017.