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Northwest Italy

Regional statistics
Composition	Aosta Valley Liguria Lombardy Piedmont
Area  - Total	57,950 km2 (22,375 sq mi)
Population  - Total	16,137,227 (2014 est.)
GDP	€503.2 billion (2008)

Northwest Italy (Italian: Italia nord-occidentale or just [Nord-Ovest] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) is one of the five official statistical regions of Italy used by the National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT), a NUTS1 level region.

Northwest Italy is defined only for statistical and for some elections.

Geography

Northwest Italy borders to the west with France, to the north with Switzerland and to the east with Northeast Italy (Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Veneto and Emilia-Romagna). To the south is Toscana (Central Italy), a short distance, and the Ligurian Sea.

The Alps are in the northern part of the region and the northern Apennines in the south. The highest point in the region and in Italy is Mont Blanc (45°49′58″N 6°51′53″E / 45.83278°N 6.86472°E / 45.83278; 6.86472 (Mont Blanc)), in the Alps (Valle d'Aosta) on the border with France; it is 4,810 metres (15,780 ft) high.

Northwest Italy has an important part of the valley of the Po river (Italian: Pianura Padana). The Po is the longest river of Northeast Italy and of Italy.

Regions

Central Italy encompasses four of the 20 regions of Italy, including 24 provinces and 1,789 comuniː

The comuni with more than 100,000 persons living in them areː

Related pages

• NUTS level 1:
  • Northwest Italy
  • Northeast Italy
  • Central Italy
  • South Italy
  • Insular Italy
• Northern Italy
• Southern Italy

See also

In Spanish: Italia noroccidental para niños