Piedmont
Piedmont
Piemonte (Italian) | |
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Coat of arms | |
| Anthem: "Ël Drapò a deuv vive" | |
Interactive map of Piedmont | |
| Coordinates: 45°04′N 7°42′E / 45.067°N 7.700°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Capital | Turin |
| Government | |
| • President | Alberto Cirio (FI) |
| Area | |
• Total | 25,387.07 km2 (9,802.00 sq mi) |
| Population (2025) | |
• Total | 4,251,868 |
| • Density | 167.4816/km2 (433.7754/sq mi) |
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| Languages | |
| • Official | Italian |
| • Regional | Piedmontese |
| GDP | |
| • Total | €153.300 billion (2023) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | IT-21 |
| HDI (2022) | 0.912 very high · 11th of 21 |
| NUTS Region | ITC1 |
| Website | www |
Piedmont (/ˈpiːdmɒnt/ PEED-mont; Italian: Piemonte [pjeˈmonte]; Piedmontese: Piemont [pjeˈmʊŋt]) 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.
Piedmont has an area of 25,387.07 km2 (9,802.00 mi2), 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.