Northwest Italy

Coordinates: 45°30′N 9°00′E / 45.500°N 9.000°E / 45.500; 9.000
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Northwest Italy
Italia nord-occidentale (Italian)
Nord-ovest (Italian)
Map of Italy, highlighting Northwest Italy, highlighting central Italy
CountryItaly
Regions
Area
 • Total57,950 km2 (22,370 sq mi)
Population
 • Estimate 
(2022)
15,817,057
Languages 
 – Official languageItalian
 – Official linguistic minorities[2]
 – Regional languages

Northwest Italy (Italian: Italia nord-occidentale or just 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:

Geography[edit]

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.

Demography[edit]

In 2022, the population resident in north-western Italy amounts to 15,817,057 inhabitants.[1]

Regions[edit]

Region Capital Inhabitants
 Aosta Valley Aosta 122,955
 Liguria Genoa 1,502,624
 Lombardy Milan 9,950,742
 Piedmont Turin 4,240,736

Most populous municipalities[edit]

Milan
Turin
Genoa
Brescia

Below is the list of the population residing in 2022 in municipalities with more than 50,000 inhabitants:[1]

# Municipality Region Province Inhabitants
1 Milan  Lombardy Milan 1,354,196
2 Turin  Piedmont Turin 841,600
3 Genoa  Liguria Genoa 558,745
4 Brescia  Lombardy Brescia 196,446
5 Monza  Lombardy Monza and Brianza 121,799
6 Bergamo  Lombardy Bergamo 119,534
7 Novara  Piedmont Novara 101,257
9 La Spezia  Liguria La Spezia 92,119
8 Alessandria  Piedmont Alessandria 91,059
10 Como  Lombardy Como 83,184
11 Busto Arsizio  Lombardy Varese 82,951
12 Sesto San Giovanni  Lombardy Milan 78,884
13 Varese  Lombardy Varese 78,409
15 Cinisello Balsamo  Lombardy Milan 74,528
14 Asti  Piedmont Asti 73,421
17 Cremona  Lombardy Cremona 70,637
16 Pavia  Lombardy Pavia 70,636
18 Vigevano  Lombardy Pavia 62,076
19 Legnano  Lombardy Milan 59,941
20 Savona  Liguria Savona 58,194
21 Moncalieri  Piedmont Turin 56,117
22 Cuneo  Piedmont Cuneo 55,744
24 Gallarate  Lombardy Varese 52,811
23 Sanremo  Liguria Imperia 52,787
25 Rho  Lombardy Milan 50,299

Economy[edit]

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]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Bilancio demografico e popolazione residente per sesso al 31 dicembre 2022" (in Italian). Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Legge 482". Webcitation.org. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Regional GDP per capita ranged from 30% to 263% of the EU average in 2018". Eurostat.

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