Province of Asti

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Location of the province of Asti within the Piedmont region
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Map of the province of Asti

The province of Asti (Template:Langx; 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 Template:Convert, and, Template:As of, a total population of 215,871.

History

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Moscato d'Asti wine

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

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Asti
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Canelli
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Nizza Monferrato
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San Damiano d'Asti
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Costigliole d'Asti

There are 118 comuni (Template:Singular: comune) in the province.[1] The largest by population[2] 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

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The Autostrada A21 near Asti.

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

International relations

The Province of Asti is twinned with:

See also

References

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External links

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