Northwest Italy
Italia nord-occidentale (Italian)
Nord-ovest (Italian)
Map of Italy, highlighting Northwest Italy, highlighting central Italy
CountryItaly
Regions
Area
 • Total57,950 km2 (22,370 sq mi)
Population
[1][1]
 • Estimate 
(2022)
15,817,057
Languages 
 – Official languageItalian
 – Official linguistic minorities[2]
 – Regional languages

Northwest Italy (Italian: Italia nord-occidentale or just Nord-ovest) is one of the five official statistical regions of Italy used by the National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT), a first level NUTS region and a European Parliament constituency. Northwest encompasses four of the country's 20 regions:

Geography

It borders to the west with France via the Western Alps, to the north with Switzerland via the Central Alps, to the east with the regions of Trentino-Alto Adige, Veneto and Emilia-Romagna belonging to Northeast Italy and to the south with the Ligurian Sea and the extreme offshoot of Tuscany in Central Italy. Northwest Italy includes a large part of the Po Valley and is crossed by the Po river, the longest in Italy.

Demography

In 2022, the population resident in north-western Italy amounts to 15,817,057 inhabitants.[1]

Regions

RegionCapitalInhabitants
 Aosta ValleyAosta122,955
 LiguriaGenoa1,502,624
 LombardyMilan9,950,742
 PiedmontTurin4,240,736

Most populous municipalities

Milan
Turin
Genoa
Brescia

Below is the list of the population residing in 2022 in municipalities with more than 50,000 inhabitants:[1]

#MunicipalityRegionProvinceInhabitants
1Milan LombardyMilan1,354,196
2Turin PiedmontTurin841,600
3Genoa LiguriaGenoa558,745
4Brescia LombardyBrescia196,446
5Monza LombardyMonza and Brianza121,799
6Bergamo LombardyBergamo119,534
7Novara PiedmontNovara101,257
9La Spezia LiguriaLa Spezia92,119
8Alessandria PiedmontAlessandria91,059
10Como LombardyComo83,184
11Busto Arsizio LombardyVarese82,951
12Sesto San Giovanni LombardyMilan78,884
13Varese LombardyVarese78,409
15Cinisello Balsamo LombardyMilan74,528
14Asti PiedmontAsti73,421
17Cremona LombardyCremona70,637
16Pavia LombardyPavia70,636
18Vigevano LombardyPavia62,076
19Legnano LombardyMilan59,941
20Savona LiguriaSavona58,194
21Moncalieri PiedmontTurin56,117
22Cuneo PiedmontCuneo55,744
24Gallarate LombardyVarese52,811
23Sanremo LiguriaImperia52,787
25Rho LombardyMilan50,299

Economy

The Gross domestic product (GDP) of the region was 580.3 billion euros in 2018, accounting for 32.9% of Italy's economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was 35,900 euros or 119% of the EU27 average in the same year.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Bilancio demografico e popolazione residente per sesso al 31 dicembre 2022" (in Italian). Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  2. ↑ "Legge 482". Webcitation.org. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 2015-10-17.
  3. ↑ "Regional GDP per capita ranged from 30% to 263% of the EU average in 2018". Eurostat.

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