Northwest Italy | |
Native Name: | |
Native Name Lang: | it |
Map Alt: | Map of Italy, highlighting Northwest Italy, highlighting central Italy |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Italy |
Parts Type: | Regions |
Parts Style: | list |
Parts: | List |
P1: | Aosta Valley |
P2: | Liguria |
P3: | Lombardy |
P4: | Piedmont |
Blank Name: | Languages |
Blank Info: | |
Blank1 Name: | – Official language |
Blank1 Info: | Italian |
Blank2 Name: | – Official linguistic minorities[1] |
Blank3 Name: | – Regional languages |
Area Total Km2: | 57950 |
Population Est: | 15,817,057 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Pop Est As Of: | 2022 |
Northwest Italy (it|Italia nord-occidentale or just Italian: Nord-ovest) is one of the five official statistical regions of Italy used by the National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT), a first level NUTS region and a European Parliament constituency. Northwest encompasses four of the country's 20 regions:
It borders to the west with France via the Western Alps, to the north with Switzerland via the Central Alps, to the east with the regions of Trentino-Alto Adige, Veneto and Emilia-Romagna belonging to Northeast Italy and to the south with the Ligurian Sea and the extreme offshoot of Tuscany in Central Italy. Northwest Italy includes a large part of the Po Valley and is crossed by the Po river, the longest in Italy.
In 2022, the population resident in north-western Italy amounts to 15,817,057 inhabitants.[2]
Region | Capital | Inhabitants | |
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Aosta | |||
Genoa | |||
Milan | |||
Turin |
Below is the list of the population residing in 2022 in municipalities with more than inhabitants:[2]
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The gross domestic product (GDP) of the region was 580.3 billion euro in 2018, accounting for 32.9% of Italy's economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was 35,900 euro or 119% of the EU27 average in the same year.[3]