Piedmont

Piedmont ( ; ; ) is one of the 20 regions of Italy, located in the Northwest of the country. 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. Piedmont also borders Switzerland to the north and France to the west.

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Piedmont is a region in northwestern Italy that borders several other Italian regions as well as Switzerland and France. It matters as one of Italy's 20 administrative regions and serves as a geographic crossroads between Italy and its neighboring countries.

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Piedmont
Settlement.settlement_type: Region
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Piedmont.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Regione-Piemonte-Stemma.svg
Settlement.shield_size: 60px
Settlement.anthem: ""
Settlement.image_map: Piedmont in Italy.svg
Settlement.mapframe: yes
Settlement.mapframe id: Q1216
Settlement.mapframe zoom: 7
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.seat_type: Capital
Settlement.seat: Turin
Settlement.leader_party: FI
Settlement.leader_title: President
Settlement.leader_name: Alberto Cirio
Settlement.area_total_km2: 25387.07
Settlement.population_total: 4251868

via Wikipedia infobox

Research organization · ROR

Type: Funder, Government
Founded: 1970
Location: Turin, Italy
Status: Active

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ISNI 0000 0001 2188 2418

Wikidata facts

Instance of: region of Italy
Official name: -
Demonym: بِيمَنْتِيٌّ
Country: Italy
Located in: Italy
Contains: Metropolitan City of Turin
Capital: Turin
Population: 4341375
Area: 25387
Elevation: 421
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Legislature: Regional Council of Piedmont
Shares border with: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Official website: www.regione.piemonte.it
Image: Sacra di San Michele07.jpg
Flag: flag of Piedmont

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inception: 1970-00-00
Commons category: Piedmont
topic's main category: Category:Piedmont
category for people born here: Category:Births in Piedmont
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Piedmont
category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in Piedmont
category of associated people: Category:People from Piedmont
Commons gallery: Piemonte
history of topic: history of Piedmont
category for people buried here: Category:Burials in Piedmont
native label: Piemont
language used: Piedmontese
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Piedmont has an area of , making it the 2nd-largest region of Italy in area after Sicily. With a population of 4,251,868, it is also the 7th-most populous region as of 2025. The capital of Piedmont is Turin, which was the first capital of the Kingdom of Italy, from 1861 to 1865.

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