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.
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.
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 |