Piedmont
Piedmont
Piemonte (Italian) Piemont (Piedmontese) Piemont (Occitan) Piemont (Arpitan) | |
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| Anthem: Ël Drapò a deuv vive | |
| Coordinates: 45°04′N 7°42′E / 45.067°N 7.700°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Capital | Turin |
| Government | |
| • President | Alberto Cirio (FI) |
| Area | |
• Total | 25,402 km2 (9,808 sq mi) |
| Population (2025) | |
• Total | 4,255,702 |
| • Density | 170/km2 (430/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | English: Piedmontese Italian: Piemontese |
| GDP | |
| • Total | €136.007 billion (2021) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | IT-21 |
| HDI (2021) | 0.901 very high · 10th of 21 |
| NUTS Region | ITC1 |
| Website | www |
Piedmont (/ˈpiːdmɒnt/ PEED-mont; Italian: Piemonte [pjeˈmonte]; Piedmontese: Piemont [pjeˈmʊŋt]) is one of the 20 regions of Italy, located in the Northwest of the country. It borders the Liguria region to the south, the Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna regions to the east, and the Aosta Valley region to the northwest. Piedmont also borders Switzerland to the north and France to the west.
Piedmont has an area of 25,402 km2 (9,808 sq mi), making it the second-largest region of Italy after Sicily. It has 4,255,702 inhabitants as of 2025. The capital of Piedmont is Turin, which was also the capital of the Kingdom of Italy from 1861 to 1865.