Province of Asti

Province of Italy

Province in Piedmont, Italy

Province of Asti

Provincia di Asti (Italian)
Provincia d'Ast (Piedmontese)

Province

The provincial seat

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Coat of arms

Map highlighting the location of the province of Asti in Italy

Country|  Italy
Region|  Piedmont
Capital(s)| Asti
Comuni| 118
Government

• President| Maurizio Rasero
Area

• Total

| 1,504.5 km2 (580.9 sq mi)
Population

(31 August 2017)

• Total

| 215,871
• Density| 140/km2 (370/sq mi)
GDP

[1]

• Total| €5.368 billion (2015)
• Per capita| €24,575 (2015)
Time zone| UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code|

14010-14026, 14030, 14032-14037, 14039-14055, 14057-14059, 14100

Telephone prefix| 011, 0141, 0144
Vehicle registration| AT
ISTAT| 005

The province of Asti (Italian: 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 1,504.5 square kilometres (580.9 sq mi), and, As of 2017[update], a total population of 215,871.

## History

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A Moscato d'Asti

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 (sg.: comune) in the province.[2] The largest by population[3] are:

City | Population

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Asti | 76,174
Canelli | 10,465
Nizza Monferrato | 10,369
San Damiano d'Asti | 8,342
Costigliole d'Asti | 5,865
Villanova d'Asti | 5,667
Castagnole delle Lanze | 3,772
Castelnuovo Don Bosco | 3,235
Villafranca d'Asti | 3,064
Moncalvo | 2,998
Map of the province of Asti

## International relations

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The Province of Asti is twinned with:

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

## See also

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* Piemonte (wine)

## References

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1. ^ Regions and Cities > Regional Statistics > Regional Economy > Regional Gross Domestic Product (Small regions TL3), OECD.Stats. Accessed on 16 November 2018.
2. ^ "Provincia di Asti".
3. ^ "Elenco Comuni Provincia di Asti - Piemonte".

## External links

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* Official website
* MonferratoArte A historical and bibliographical directory of artists active in the extra-urban Churches of the Diocese of Casale Monferrato, which includes twenty parishes within the province of Asti. (in Italian)

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Piedmont * Comuni of the Province of Asti

* 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

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