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Administrative identity

Eight provinces (one Metropolitan City), ordinary statute, capital Turin. Historic linguistic minorities in the Alpine valleys; Piedmontese is protected only by regional law.

Sections: Geography · History · Population · Languages · Time zone · Public holidays

Metropolitan City of Turin – Turin
Alessandria – Alessandria
Asti – Asti
Biella – Biella
Cuneo – Cuneo
Novara – Novara
Verbano-Cusio-Ossola – Verbania
Vercelli – Vercelli

Statute and languages

Piedmont is an ordinary-statute region. Provincial functions around Turin are exercised by the Metropolitan City. The official language is Italian; national law 482/1999 protects in the Alpine valleys the Occitan (Cuneo and Turin valleys), Franco-Provençal (Turin valleys), French and Walser communities (Alagna Valsesia and other municipalities of the Valsesia, in the province of Vercelli; Macugnaga, Formazza and other municipalities of the VCO). Piedmontese is recognised as heritage by a regional law, not as a national minority language.

Holidays

There are no regional civil holidays: national ones apply, plus each municipality's patron saint (in Turin St John the Baptist, 24 June, when municipal offices close).

Population

Regional figurePeriod: Jan 1, 2025Validsample unknown

Source: ISTAT – Popolazione residente al 1° gennaio (dataflow 22_289, DCIS_POPRES1)

4,251,868people