Province of Asti

Province of Asti

*Provincia di Asti* (Italian)
*Provincia d'Ast* (Piedmontese)
Province of Asti Provincia di Asti (Italian); Provincia d'Ast (Piedmontese)
Province
	The provincial seat
	Flag 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
• 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

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

There are 118 comuni (sg.: comune) in the province.^[2] The largest by population^[3] are:

City	Population
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

The full list is:

Transport

Motorways

The province is crossed by the following motorways (in Italian, autostrade):

Autostrada A21: Turin - Piacenza - Brescia
Autostrada A33: Asti - Alba / Cherasco - Cuneo

International relations

The Province of Asti is twinned with:

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

References

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

External links

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)