Province of Asti explained

Province of Asti
Native Name Lang:it
Settlement Type:Province
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Italy
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Piedmont
Seat Type:Capital(s)
Seat:Asti
Parts Type:Comuni
Parts Style:para
P1:118
Leader Title:President
Leader Name:Paolo Lanfranco
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:1504.5
Population Total:215871
Population As Of:31 August 2017
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type2:GDP
Demographics2 Footnotes:[1]
Demographics2 Title1:Total
Demographics2 Info1:€5.368 billion (2015)
Demographics2 Title2:Per capita
Demographics2 Info2:€24,575 (2015)
Timezone1:CET
Utc Offset1:+1
Timezone1 Dst:CEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:14010-14026, 14030, 14032-14037, 14039-14055, 14057-14059, 14100
Area Code Type:Telephone prefix
Area Code:011, 0141, 0144
Registration Plate:AT
Blank Name Sec1:ISTAT
Blank Info Sec1:005

The province of Asti (Italian: provincia di Asti; Piedmontese: provincia d'Ast) is a province in the Piedmont region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Asti. To the northwest it borders on the Metropolitan City of Turin; to the southwest it borders on the province of Cuneo. To the east it borders on the province of Alessandria, while in the south it shares a very short border with the Ligurian province of Savona. It has an area of 1504.5km2, and,, a total population of 215,871.

History

The Province of Asti was re-established on 1 April 1935 by Royal Decree No. 297 of King Victor Emmanuel III. It was detached from the existing province of Alessandria into which it had been absorbed upon the creation of that province in 1859.

The Province of Asti is among the institutions awarded the Gold Medal for Military Valor (Medaglia d'Oro al Valor Militare) for its contribution to the partisan struggle during the last two years of the Second World War.

Municipalities

There are 118 comuni (: comune) in the province.[2] The largest by population[3] are:

City Population
76,174
10,465
10,369
8,342
5,865
5,667
3,772
3,235
3,064
2,998

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://stats.oecd.org/ Regions and Cities > Regional Statistics > Regional Economy > Regional Gross Domestic Product (Small regions TL3)
  2. Web site: Provincia di Asti .
  3. Web site: Elenco Comuni Provincia di Asti - Piemonte .