Piedmont (disambiguation) explained

Piedmont is a region in Northwest Italy.

In physical geography, piedmont denotes a region of foothills in a mountain range.

Piedmont may also refer to:

Regions in the United States

• Piedmont (United States), a plateau between the Atlantic Plain and Appalachian Mountains
• Piedmont (ecoregion), an area designated by the U.S. EPA and CEC
• Central North Carolina, the Piedmont region of North Carolina
• Colorado Piedmont, a valley in the foothills of the Front Range
• Piedmont Crescent, an urban area in North Carolina
• Piedmont Triad, a region centered on three cities in North Carolina

Populated places

Canada

• Piedmont, Nova Scotia
• Piedmont, Quebec

United States

• Piedmont, Alabama
• Piedmont, California
• Piedmont, Georgia, a place in Georgia
• Piedmont, Kansas
• Piedmont, Missouri
• Piedmont, Ohio
• Piedmont, Oklahoma
• Piedmont, Portland, Oregon, a neighborhood in Portland, Oregon
• Piedmont, South Carolina, a census-designated place
• Piedmont, South Dakota
• Piedmont, Virginia (disambiguation)
• Piedmont, Washington
• Piedmont, West Virginia
  • Piedmont, Mercer County, West Virginia
• Piedmont, Wyoming

Colleges

• Piedmont University, in Demorest, Georgia
• Piedmont Community College, in Rixboro, North Carolina
• Piedmont Technical College, with several locations in South Carolina
• Central Piedmont Community College, in Charlotte, North Carolina
• Georgia Piedmont Technical College, in Clarkston, Georgia
• Piedmont Virginia Community College, in Albemarle County, Virginia
• Piedmont Baptist College, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
• South Piedmont Community College, in Anson and Union counties, North Carolina
• Western Piedmont Community College, in Morganton, North Carolina

People

• Prince of Piedmont
  • James of Piedmont (1315–1367), Lord of Piedmont from 1334
  • Louis of Piedmont (1364–1418), Lord of Piedmont and titular Prince of Achaea from 1402
• Matt Piedmont (born 1970), American writer
• Nicolaas Piemont (1644–1709), Dutch Golden Age landscape painter

Transportation

• Piedmont (automobile), a car made by the Piedmont Motor Car Company of Lynchburg, Virginia
• Piedmont (train), an Amtrak passenger train in North Carolina
• Piedmont Airlines, a regional airline operating under the name American Eagle
• Piedmont Airlines (1948–89), an airline that was merged into US Air

Other uses

• Piedmont (Greenwood, Virginia), a historic house and farm
• Piedmont (minor league baseball)
• Piedmont (wine)
• Piedmont blues or "Piedmont fingerstyle", a style of blues guitar playing
• Piedmont League, defunct minor league baseball organization
• Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia, the name given to the possessions of the House of Savoy in 1723
• Piedmont, Arizona, fictional setting for part of the miniseries The Andromeda Strain
• Ice piedmont, a geographic feature

See also

• • Piedmont Avenue (disambiguation)
• Piedmont Council
• Piedmont High School (disambiguation)
• Piedmont Hotel
  • Piemonte (disambiguation)
• Beskidian Piedmont (disambiguation)