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Province of Asti

Province of Italy, located in the Piedmont region

Field	Value
name	Province of Asti
native_name	it
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settlement_type	Province
image_skyline	Provincia di Asti.jpg
image_caption	The provincial seat
image_flag	Flag of the Province of Asti.svg
image_shield	Provincia di Asti-Stemma.svg
image_map	Asti in Italy.svg
map_caption	Map highlighting the location of the province of Asti in Italy
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Italy
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	Piedmont
seat_type	Capital(s)
seat	Asti
parts_type	Comuni
parts_style	para
p1	118
leader_title	President
leader_name	Maurizio Rasero
unit_pref	Metric
area_total_km2	1504.5
population_total	215871
population_as_of	31 August 2017
population_density_km2	auto
demographics_type2	GDP
demographics2_footnotes
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
registration_plate	AT
blank_name_sec1	ISTAT
blank_info_sec1	005
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Location of the province of Asti within the Piedmont region

The province of 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 1504.5 km2, and, , a total population of 215,871.

History

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

There are 118 comuni (: comune) in the province. The largest by population are:

City		Population
Asti
Canelli
Nizza Monferrato
San Damiano d'Asti
Costigliole d'Asti
Villanova d'Asti
Castagnole delle Lanze
Castelnuovo Don Bosco
Villafranca d'Asti
Moncalvo

The full list is:

Agliano Terme
Albugnano
Antignano
Aramengo
Asti
Azzano d'Asti
Baldichieri d'Asti
Belveglio
Berzano di San Pietro
Bruno
Bubbio
Buttigliera d'Asti
Calamandrana
Calliano
Calosso
Camerano Casasco
Canelli
Cantarana
Capriglio
Casorzo
Cassinasco
Castagnole Monferrato
Castagnole delle Lanze
Castel Boglione
Castel Rocchero
Castell'Alfero
Castellero
Castelletto Molina
Castello di Annone
Castelnuovo Belbo
Castelnuovo Calcea
Castelnuovo Don Bosco
Cellarengo
Celle Enomondo
Cerreto d'Asti
Cerro Tanaro
Cessole
Chiusano d'Asti
Cinaglio
Cisterna d'Asti
Coazzolo
Cocconato
Corsione
Cortandone
Cortanze
Cortazzone
Cortiglione
Cossombrato
Costigliole d'Asti
Cunico
Dusino San Michele
Ferrere
Fontanile
Frinco
Grana Monferrato
Grazzano Badoglio
Incisa Scapaccino
Isola d'Asti
Loazzolo
Maranzana
Maretto
Moasca
Mombaldone
Mombaruzzo
Mombercelli
Monale
Monastero Bormida
Moncalvo
Moncucco Torinese
Mongardino
Montabone
Montafia
Montaldo Scarampi
Montechiaro d'Asti
Montegrosso d'Asti
Montemagno
Montiglio Monferrato
Moransengo
Nizza Monferrato
Olmo Gentile
Passerano Marmorito
Penango
Piea
Pino d'Asti
Piovà Massaia
Portacomaro
Quaranti
Refrancore
Revigliasco d'Asti
Roatto
Robella
Rocca d'Arazzo
Roccaverano
Rocchetta Palafea
Rocchetta Tanaro
San Damiano d'Asti
San Giorgio Scarampi
San Martino Alfieri
San Marzano Oliveto
San Paolo Solbrito
Scurzolengo
Serole
Sessame
Settime
Soglio
Belveglio
Tigliole
Tonco
Tonengo
Vaglio Serra
Valfenera
Vesime
Viale
Viarigi
Vigliano d'Asti
Villa San Secondo
Villafranca d'Asti
Villanova d'Asti
Vinchio

Transport

Motorways

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

Autostrada A21: Turin - Piacenza - Brescia
Autostrada A33: Asti - Alba / Cherasco - Cuneo

International relations

The Province of Asti is twinned with:

USA Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, since 1985

References

[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.
"Provincia di Asti".
"Elenco Comuni Provincia di Asti - Piemonte".

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