Piedmont
Piedmont (/ˈpiːdmɒnt/ PEED-mont; Italian: Piemonte [pjeˈmonte]; Piedmontese: Piemont [pjeˈmʊŋt]), located in northwest Italy, is one of the 20 regions of Italy. It borders the Liguria region to the south, the Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna regions to the east, and the Aosta Valley region to the northwest; it also borders Switzerland to the north and France to the west. It has an area of 25,402 km2 (9,808 sq mi) making it the second largest region of Italy after Sicily; as of 31 January 2021, the population was 4,269,714. The capital of Piedmont is Turin, which was also the capital of the Kingdom of Italy from 1861 to 1865.
Piedmont
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Coat of arms | |
| Anthem: Inno di Piemonte | |
| Coordinates: 45°04′N 7°42′E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Capital | Turin |
| Government | |
| • President | Alberto Cirio (FI) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 25,402 km2 (9,808 sq mi) |
| Population (31 January 2021) | |
| • Total | 4,269,714 |
| • Density | 170/km2 (440/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | English: Piedmontese Italian: Piemontese |
| GDP | |
| • Total | €136.007 billion (2021) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | IT-21 |
| HDI (2021) | 0.901 very high · 10th of 21 |
| NUTS Region | ITC1 |
| Website | Regione.Piemonte.it |
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