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| Status | Region |
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| Capital | Turin |
| President | Mercedes Bresso (DS-Union) |
| Provinces | 8 |
| Area | 25,399 km² |
| - Ranked | 2nd (8. Mercedes Bresso (born on 12 July 1944) is an Italian politician and President of the Piedmont Region The Democrats of the Left ( Democratici di Sinistra, DS was a left-wing Italian political party and part of the Olive Tree electoral coalition The Union ( Italian: L'Unione) was an Italian Centre-left Political party coalition led by Romano Prodi, the In Italy, a Province (in Italian provincia) is an administrative division of intermediate level between Municipality ( Comune Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of These are ranked lists of the regions of Italy. Population figures are from 2001 4 %) |
| Population (2006 est. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology ) | |
| - Total | 4,341,733 |
| - Ranked | 6th (7. These are ranked lists of the regions of Italy. Population figures are from 2001 4 %) |
| - Density | 171/km² |
Piedmont (Italian: Piemonte; Piedmontese and Occitan: Piemont; French: Piémont) is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. Occitan ( IPA BrE: /ˈɒksɪtn/ AmE: /ˈɑksəˌtɑn/ known also as Lenga d'òc or Langue d'oc (native name occitan French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people It has an area of 25,399 km² and a population of about 4. 4 million. The capital is Turin, the local language is Piedmontese and Occitan is also spoken in Occitan Valleys. Occitan ( IPA BrE: /ˈɒksɪtn/ AmE: /ˈɑksəˌtɑn/ known also as Lenga d'òc or Langue d'oc (native name occitan The Occitan Valleys ( Occitan: Valadas Occitanas, Italian: Valli Occitane) are the part of Occitania (the territory of the Occitan
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Geography
Piedmont is surrounded on three sides by the Alps, including the Monviso (Mont Vis), where the Po rises, and the Monte Rosa. Monte Viso, colloquially known as Monviso ( Piedmontese: Brich Monviso or Viso; Occitan: Vísol) is a mountain in the The Po ( Latin: Padus, Po Ligurian: Bo, Greek: Eridanus) is a river that flows 652 km(405 miles (682 km by considering Monte Rosa is a mountain Massif located in the Italian regions Piedmont and Aosta Valley and in the canton of Valais ( Wallis) It borders with France, Switzerland and the Italian regions of Lombardy, Liguria, Emilia-Romagna and Aosta Valley. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Lombardy (Lombardia Latin: Langobardia, Western Lombard: Lumbardìa, Eastern Lombard: Lombardia) is one of the Liguria is a coastal region of north-western Italy, the third smallest of the Italian regions Emilia-Romagna is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. The capital is Bologna. The percentage of the territory which is a protected area is 7. Protected areas are locations which receive protection because of their environmental cultural or similar value 6%. There are 56 different national or regional parks. One such park is the Gran Paradiso National Park (Grand Paradis). Gran Paradiso National Park ( Italian: Parco Nazionale del Gran Paradiso) is Italy 's oldest and best known National park.
Piedmont is divided into eight provinces:
History
Piedmont was inhabited in early historic times by Celtic-Ligurian tribes such as the Taurini and the Salassi. The Province of Alessandria (Italian Provincia di Alessandria) is an Italian province, with a Population of some 430000 which forms the southeastern The Province of Asti (It Provincia di Asti) is a province in the Piedmont region of Italy. The Province of Biella (Provincia di Biella is a province of Italy located in Piedmont. Cuneo is a province in the southwest of the Piedmont region of Italy. Novara (It Provincia di Novara) is a province in the Piedmont region of Italy. The Province of Turin ( Piemontese: Provincia ëd Turin It Provincia di Torino) is a province in the Piedmont region of Italy Verbano-Cusio-Ossola (Italian Provincia del Verbano Cusio Ossola) is the northernmost province in the Italian region of Piedmont Vercelli (Italian Provincia di Vercelli) is a province in the Piedmont region of Italy. The Taurini were an ancient Celt - Ligurian people who occupied the upper valley of the river Po, in the centre of modern Piedmont. Augusta Praetoria Salassorum (modern name Aosta) is an ancient town in Italy founded by Augustus in about 24 BC on the site of the camp arena of Marcus They were lated submitted by the Romans (c. Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC 220 BC), who founded here several colonies including Augusta Taurinorum (Turin) and Eporedia (Ivrea). Events By place Greece Together with fellow Illyrian Scerdilaidas, Demetrius of Pharos attacks Illyrian cities under Ivrea is a town and commune of the Province of Turin in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the region was repeatedly invaded by the Burgundians, the Goths (5th century), Byzantines, Lombards (6th century), Franks (773). The Western Roman Empire refers to the western half of the Roman Empire, from its division by Diocletian in 285 the other half of the Roman Empire was the Eastern The Burgundians or Burgundes were an East Germanic tribe which may have emigrated from mainland Scandinavia to the island of Bornholm, whose The Goths ( Gothic: Gothic usvg|14px|u]]Gothic asvg|14px|a]]Gothic s The Lombards ( Latin Langobardi, whence the alternative names Langobards and Longobards) were a Germanic people originally from The Franks or Frankish people (Franci or gens Francorum) were West Germanic tribes first identified in the 3rd century as an Ethnic group In the 9th-10th centuries there were further incursions by the Magyars and Saracens. Hungarians (or Magyars, magyarok are an Ethnic group primarily associated with Hungary. Saracen was a term used by Europeans in the Middle Ages for Fatimids at first then later for all who professed the religion of Islam. At the time Piedmont, as part of the Kingdom of Italy within the Holy Roman Empire, was subdivided into several marks and counties. There have been several distinct entities known as the Kingdom of Italy. The Holy Roman Empire ( HRE; German Heiliges Römisches Reich (HRR, Latin Sacrum Romanum Imperium (SRI was a union of territories in
In 1046, Oddo of Savoy added Piedmont to their main territory of Savoy, with a capital at Chambéry (now in France). Otto or Oddone in Italian, (1010 or 1020 &ndash c 1057 was Count of Savoy from 1051 (or 1056 until his death For the two French départements of the region of Savoy see Savoie and Haute-Savoie Savoy ( French Chambéry (Ciamberì or Sciamberì) is the capital of the department of Savoie, France. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Other areas remained independent, such as the powerful communes of Asti and Alessandria and the marquisates of Saluzzo and Montferrat. Asti is a city and Comune in the Piemonte or Piedmont region, in north-western Italy, about 55 kilometres east of Turin in the plain of the Tanaro Alessandria ( Lissandria in Piedmontese) is a city in Piedmont Italy, and the capital of the Province of Alessandria. Saluzzo is a town and former principality in the Province of Cuneo, Piedmont region Italy. The March (also margraviate or marquisate) of Montferrat was frontier march of the Kingdom of Italy during the Middle Ages The County of Savoy was elevated to a duchy in 1416, and Duke Emanuele Filiberto moved the seat to Turin in 1563. Emmanuel Philibert (in Italian Emanuele Filiberto; 8 July 1528 &ndash 30 August 1580) was Duke of Savoy In 1720, the Duke of Savoy became King of Sardinia, founding what evolved into the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia and increasing Turin's importance as a European capital. Kingdom of Sardinia, also known as Piedmont-Sardinia or Sardinia-Piedmont, was the name given to the possessions of the House of Savoy in 1720 when the Kingdom of Sardinia, also known as Piedmont-Sardinia or Sardinia-Piedmont, was the name given to the possessions of the House of Savoy in 1720 when the
The Republic of Alba was created in 1796 as a French client republic in Piedmont before the area was annexed by France in 1801. The Republic of Alba (Repubblica di Alba was a French client republic proclaimed on 25 April 1796, in Alba, northern Italy During its occupation of neighboring parts of Europe during the French Revolutionary Wars, France established republican regimes in these territories In June 1802 a new client republic, the Subalpine Republic, was established in Piedmont and in September it was also annexed. The Subalpine Republic was a short-lived Republic established in June 1802 on the territory of the Piedmont during the Napoleonic era In the congress of Vienna, the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia was restored, and furthermore received the Republic of Genoa to strengthen it as a barrier against France. The Congress of Vienna was a conference of ambassadors of the major powers of Europe, chaired by the Austrian statesman Clemens Wenzel von Metternich The Most Serene Republic of Genoa (Repubblica di Genova was an independent state in Liguria on the northwestern Italian coast from the 11th century This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
Piedmont was an initial springboard for Italy's unification in 1859-1861, following earlier unsuccessful wars against the Austrian Empire in 1820-1821 and 1848-1849. Italian Unification ( Italian: il Risorgimento, or "The Resurgence" was the political and social movement that unified different states of the Italian For the history of these states before 1804 see Holy Roman Empire, Habsburg Monarchy, and articles on each of the component countries. Year 1820 ( MDCCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common This process is sometimes referred to as Piedmontisation. However, the efforts were later contradicted by efforts of rural farmers. [1][2] The House of Savoy became Kings of Italy, and Turin briefly became the capital of Italy. However, the addition of territory paradoxically reduced Piedmont's importance to the kingdom, and the capital was moved to Florence, and then to Rome. Florence ( Italian: Firenze Florentia and Fiorenza) is the Capital City of the Italian region of Tuscany Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 One remaining recognition of Piedmont's historical role was that the crown prince of Italy was known as the Prince of Piedmont. Crown Princess redirects here for the ship see Crown Princess (ship.
Economy
Lowland Piedmont is a fertile agricultural region, producing wheat, rice, maize, and wine grapes. Piedmont is one of the great winegrowing regions in Italy. More than half of its 700 km² (170,000 acres) of vineyards are registered with DOC designations. Denominazione di origine controllata is an Italian quality assurance label for food products and especially wines (an Appellation) It produces prestigious wines as Barolo, Barbaresco and Moscato d'Asti. For the Italian town see Barolo (CN. Barolo is an Italian Wine, one of many to claim the title "Wine of kings Barbaresco is a powerful Italian wine made with the Nebbiolo Grape. Indigenous grape varieties include Nebbiolo, Barbera, Dolcetto, Freisa, Grignolino and Brachetto. The Nebbiolo ( Italian) or Nebieul ( Piedmontese) is one of the most important wine Grape varieties of Italy 's Piedmont Barbera is a red Wine Grape variety that is the second most-planted variety in Italy (the first is Sangiovese) Dolcetto is a black Wine Grape variety widely grown in the Piedmont region of northwest Italy. Freisa is a Wine Grape variety grown in the Piedmont region of north-west Italy primarily in Monferrato and in the Langhe, but also Grignolino is a purple Grape variety commonly grown in the Piemont region of Italy. Braquet (French or Brachetto (Italian is a Grape variety found in Piedmont ( Italy) and in Provence ( France) which is The region contains major industrial centres, notably Turin, home to the FIAT automobile works. Fiat SpA (an Acronym for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (Italian Automobile Factory of Turin) is an Italian automobile manufacturer Biella produces tissues and silks. Cuneo is the house of Ferrero's chocolate factories and important mechanical industries, able in the past to build the trailer for the Space Shuttle Columbia. The tertiary also is flourishing: one of Italy's major banking and insurance groups, Sanpaolo IMI, is based in Turin. The Gruppo Sanpaolo IMI is one of Italy 's major banking and Insurance groups and it is based in Turin. In February 2006 Turin hosted the XX Olympic Winter Games and in 2007 the Universiades, Olympic games for university students. The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, were a Winter Multi-sport event which was celebrated in
Politics
The region has a center-left local government with Mercedes Bresso as president, following the regional legislative and presidential election of 2005. Mercedes Bresso (born on 12 July 1944) is an Italian politician and President of the Piedmont Region However, at the April 2006 Italian national election, Piedmont gave 50. In the Italian general election 2006 for the renewal of the two Chambers of the Parliament of Italy held on April 9 and April 10, 2006 5% of its votes to the Centre-Right coalition led by Silvio Berlusconi. (born 29 September 1936 is an Italian politician, Entrepreneur, Real estate and Insurance Tycoon, Bank and Media proprietor
Demographics
The Turin metro area grew rapidly in the 1950s and 1960s due to an increase of immigrants from southern Italy, and today it has a population of approximately two million. As of 2006, the Italian national institute of statistics (ISTAT) estimated that 231,611 foreign-born immigrants live in Piedmont, equal to 5. 3% of the total regional population.
Cities of Piedmont with a population of 50,000 or more:
| Comune | Population (2006 est. ) |
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| Turin | 900,608 |
| Novara | 102,817 |
| Alessandria | 91,593 |
| Asti | 73,734 |
| Moncalieri | 55,983 |
| Cuneo | 54,817 |
| Rivoli | 50,213 |
UNESCO World Heritage Sites
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 Sacro Monte di Crea |
 Sacro Monte di Ghiffa |
 Sacro Monte di Domodossola |
 Sacro Monte di Varallo |
References
- ^ Valeria Fargion, From the Southern to the Northern Question: Territorial and Social Politics in Italy, paper presented at the RC 19 conference 'Welfare state restructuring: processes and social outcomes', 2-4 September 2004, Sciences-Po Paris, accessed 7 January 2007
- ^ Anna Bull, Regionalism in Italy, Europa 2(4), accessed 7 January 2007
See also
- The XX Olympic Winter Games
- Kingdom of Sardinia
- Battle of Marengo (14 June 1800)
- Battle of Novara (1849)
- Gianduja
- Piemonte (wine)
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External links
Specialty sites
- Giornale del Piemonte (daily newspaper)
- Piemonte Magazine
- La Lingua Piemontese (Piedmontese language)
- Nòste Rèis (Piedmontese cultural association)
- Confindustria (manufacturers association)
- Cucina Piemonte.Net (Piemontese cuisine)
- TempoItalia (weather forecasts)
- Piemontesi Nel Mondo of Northern California
Tourism portals
- Map of Piedmont
- Global Geografia
- Piemondo
- Piedmont Live - Piemonte dal Vivo
- Piemonte Emozioni
- Piemonte Web
- Itinerari Piemonte
- ChefMoz Restaurant Guide
- Official English website for European Sacred Mounts
- Piedmont Picture Gallery
- Photos
- Piedmont Wine, Truffle and Food Festival Photo Pages
The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, were a Winter Multi-sport event which was celebrated in Kingdom of Sardinia, also known as Piedmont-Sardinia or Sardinia-Piedmont, was the name given to the possessions of the House of Savoy in 1720 when the In the Battle of Marengo was fought on 14 June 1800 between French forces under Napoleon Bonaparte and Austrian forces near the city of Alessandria Piemonte wine is the range of Italian wines made in the province of Piedmont in the northwestern corner of Italy.
Dictionary
piedmont
-noun
-adjective
- (geology) Formed or lying at the foot of a mountain range.
Piedmont
-proper noun
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