Northwest Italy
Northwest Italy
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| Country | Italy |
| Regions | |
| Area | |
• Total | 57,950 km2 (22,370 sq mi) |
| Population (2025)[1] | |
• Total | 15,923,805 |
| • Density | 270/km2 (710/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| – Official language | Italian |
| – 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
Northwest Italy has 15,923,805 inhabitants as of 2025.[1]
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Regions
| Region | Capital | Inhabitants | Area
(km²) |
Density
(inh./km²) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Aosta Valley |
Aosta | 122,714 | 3,263 | 38 |
 Liguria |
Genoa | 1,509,908 | 5,422 | 278 |
 Lombardy |
Milan | 10,035,481 | 23,844 | 420 |
 Piedmont |
Turin | 4,255,702 | 25,402 | 167 |
Most populous municipalities
Below is the list of the most populous municipalities with more than 50,000 inhabitants:[5]
| # | Municipality | Region | Inhabitants |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Milan | Lombardy |
1,366,155 |
| 2 | Turin | Piedmont |
856,745 |
| 3 | Genoa | Liguria |
563,947 |
| 4 | Brescia | Lombardy |
199,949 |
| 5 | Monza | Lombardy |
123,131 |
| 6 | Bergamo | Lombardy |
120,580 |
| 7 | Novara | Piedmont |
102,573 |
| 8 | La Spezia | Liguria |
92,711 |
| 9 | Alessandria | Piedmont |
92,518 |
| 10 | Busto Arsizio | Lombardy |
83,995 |
| 11 | Como | Lombardy |
83,228 |
| 12 | Varese | Lombardy |
79,018 |
| 13 | Sesto San Giovanni | Lombardy |
78,843 |
| 14 | Cinisello Balsamo | Lombardy |
74,847 |
| 15 | Asti | Piedmont |
73,503 |
| 16 | Pavia | Lombardy |
71,556 |
| 17 | Cremona | Lombardy |
71,062 |
| 18 | Vigevano | Lombardy |
62,845 |
| 19 | Legnano | Lombardy |
60,646 |
| 20 | Savona | Liguria |
58,690 |
| 21 | Cuneo | Piedmont |
55,804 |
| 22 | Moncalieri | Piedmont |
55,489 |
| 23 | Sanremo | Liguria |
53,033 |
| 24 | Gallarate | Lombardy |
52,886 |
| 25 | Rho | Lombardy |
50,831 |
Economy
The gross domestic product (GDP) of the region was 580.3 billion euro in 2018, accounting for 32.9% of Italy's economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was 35,900 euro or 119% of the EU27 average in the same year.[6]
See also
- National Institute of Statistics (Italy)
- NUTS statistical regions of Italy
- Italian NUTS level 1 regions:
- Northern Italy
- Central Italy
- Southern Italy
References
- ^ a b "Monthly Demographic Balance". ISTAT.
- ^ "Legge 482". Webcitation.org. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Popolazione residente e presente dei comuni. Censimenti dal 1861 al 1971" [Resident and present population of the municipalities. Censuses from 1861 to 1971] (PDF) (in Italian). ISTAT. 24 October 1971.
- ^ "Dashboard Permanent census of population and housing". ISTAT.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
population2was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Regional GDP per capita ranged from 30% to 263% of the EU average in 2018". Eurostat.
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