province of Asti

{{Short description|Province of Italy, located in the Piedmont region}}

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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Province of Asti

| native_name = {{native name|it|Provincia di Asti}}
{{native name|pms|Provincia d'Ast}}

| settlement_type = Province

| image_skyline = Provincia di Asti.jpg

| image_alt =

| image_caption = The provincial seat

| image_flag = Flag of the Province of Asti.svg

| flag_alt =

| image_shield = Provincia di Asti-Stemma.svg

| shield_alt =

| image_map = Asti in Italy.svg

| map_alt =

| map_caption = Map highlighting the location of the province of Asti in Italy

| coordinates =

| coordinates_footnotes =

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Italy}}

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Piedmont}}

| established_title =

| established_date =

| seat_type = Capital(s)

| seat = Asti

| parts_type = Comuni

| parts_style = para

| p1 = 118

| government_footnotes =

| leader_party =

| leader_title = President

| leader_name = Maurizio Rasero

| unit_pref = Metric

| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = 1504.5

| elevation_footnotes =

| elevation_m =

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 215871

| population_as_of = 31 August 2017

| population_density_km2 = auto

| demographics_type2 = GDP

| demographics2_footnotes = [http://stats.oecd.org/ Regions and Cities > Regional Statistics > Regional Economy > Regional Gross Domestic Product (Small regions TL3)], OECD.Stats. Accessed on 16 November 2018.

| 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

| iso_code =

| registration_plate = AT

| blank_name_sec1 = ISTAT

| blank_info_sec1 = 005

| website =

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Image:Map of province of Asti (region Piedmont, Italy).svg

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The province of Asti ({{langx|it|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 {{convert|1504.5|km2|mi2}}, and, {{as of|2017}}, a total population of 215,871.

History

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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.

Municipalities

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There are 118 comuni ({{singular}}: comune) in the province.{{Cite web | url=http://www.comuni-italiani.it/005/index.html | title=Provincia di Asti }} The largest by population{{Cite web | url=http://www.comuni-italiani.it/005/lista.html | title=Elenco Comuni Provincia di Asti - Piemonte }} are:

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! City

Population
Asti76,174
Canelli10,465
Nizza Monferrato10,369
San Damiano d'Asti8,342
Costigliole d'Asti5,865
Villanova d'Asti5,667
Castagnole delle Lanze3,772
Castelnuovo Don Bosco3,235
Villafranca d'Asti3,064
Moncalvo2,998

The full list is:

Transport

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The province is crossed by the following motorways (in Italian, autostrade):

International relations

The Province of Asti is twinned with:

See also

References

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