Province of Alessandria
Province of Alessandria
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Palazzo Ghilini, seat of the province of Alessandria. | |
Location of the Province of Alessandria within Italy | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Piedmont |
| Capital(s) | Alessandria |
| Comuni | 190 |
| Government | |
| • President | Gianfranco Lorenzo Baldi |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,558.83 km2 (1,374.07 sq mi) |
| Population (30 April 2017) | |
• Total | 425,297 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (310/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | €11.722 billion (2015) |
| • Per capita | €27,238 (2015) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 15010-15013, 15015-15018, 15020-15036, 15038-15046, 15048-15053, 15055-15079, 15100 |
| Telephone prefix | 010, 019, 0131, 0141, 0142, 0143, 0144 |
| Vehicle registration | AL |
| ISTAT | 06 |
The province of Alessandria (Italian: provincia di Alessandria; Piedmontese: provincia ëd Lissandria; in Piedmontese of Alessandria: provinsa ëd Lissändria) is an Italian province, with a population of some 425,000, which forms the southeastern part of the region of Piedmont. The provincial capital is the city of Alessandria.
With an area of 3,558.83 square kilometres (1,374.07 sq mi) it is the third largest province of Piedmont after the province of Cuneo and the Metropolitan City of Turin. To the north it borders on the province of Vercelli and to the west on the Metropolitan City of Turin and the province of Asti. It shares its southern border with Liguria (province of Savona and the Metropolitan City of Genoa). Its south-east corner touches the Province of Piacenza in Emilia Romagna, while to the east it borders on the Lombard province of Pavia.