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(Redirected from Alessandria Province) Province of Italy, located in the Piedmont region

Province in Piedmont, Italy
Province of Alessandria Provincia di Alessandria (Italian)
Provincia ëd Lissandria (Piedmontese)
Province
Palazzo Ghilini , seat of the province of Alessandria.Palazzo Ghilini [it], seat of the province of Alessandria.
Flag of Province of AlessandriaFlagCoat of arms of Province of AlessandriaCoat of arms
Location of the Province of Alessandria within ItalyLocation of the Province of Alessandria within Italy
Country Italy
RegionFlag of Piedmont Piedmont
Capital(s)Alessandria
Comuni190
Government
 • PresidentGianfranco Lorenzo Baldi
Area
 • Total3,558.83 km (1,374.07 sq mi)
Population
 • Total425,297
 • Density120/km (310/sq mi)
GDP
 • Total€11.722 billion (2015)
 • Per capita€27,238 (2015)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code15010-15013, 15015-15018, 15020-15036, 15038-15046, 15048-15053, 15055-15079, 15100
Telephone prefix010, 019, 0131, 0141, 0142, 0143, 0144
Vehicle registrationAL
ISTAT06
Location of the province of Alessandria within the Piedmont region
Map of the province
The territorial boundaries of the municipalities of the province of Alessandria

The province of Alessandria (Italian: provincia di Alessandria; Piedmontese: provincia ëd Lissandria; in Piedmontese of Alessandria: provinsa ëd Lissändria) is an Italian province, with a population of some 425,000, which forms the southeastern part of the region of Piedmont. The provincial capital is the city of Alessandria.

With an area of 3,558.83 square kilometres (1,374.07 sq mi) it is the third largest province of Piedmont after the province of Cuneo and the Metropolitan City of Turin. To the north it borders on the province of Vercelli and to the west on the Metropolitan City of Turin and the province of Asti. It shares its southern border with Liguria (province of Savona and the Metropolitan City of Genoa). Its south-east corner touches the Province of Piacenza in Emilia Romagna, while to the east it borders on the Lombard province of Pavia.

History

The province was created by the Royal Decree n. 3702 of 23 October 1859, the Legge Rattazzi [it], as a union of five of the six provinces which had formed the Division of Alessandria (the provinces of Alessandria, Acqui, Asti, Casale and Tortona) plus the province of Novi which had formed part of the Division of Genoa. In 1935 the area of Asti was established as the separate Province of Asti.

Main sights

Sacro Monte di Crea, Paradise Chapel.

The Sacred Mountain of Crea (Italian: Sacro Monte di Crea) is a Roman Catholic Devotional Complex in the comune of Serralunga di Crea (Montferrat), near Alessandria. It is one of the nine Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy, included in UNESCO World Heritage list. Its construction began in 1589, around a former Sanctuary of St. Mary whose creation is traditionally attributed to Saint Eusebius of Vercelli around 350 AD.

Municipalities

Alessandria
Casale Monferrato
Novi Ligure
Tortona
Acqui Terme
Valenza
Ovada
Arquata Scrivia
Serravalle Scrivia
Castelnuovo Scrivia

There are 190 municipalities (Italian: comuni, sg.: comune) in the province the largest by population are:

City Population
Alessandria 93,839
Casale Monferrato 34,246
Novi Ligure 28,343
Tortona 27,440
Acqui Terme 19,695
Valenza 19,054
Ovada 11,386
Arquata Scrivia 6,404
Serravalle Scrivia 6,062
Castelnuovo Scrivia 5,247

The full list is:

Transport

Motorways

The Autostrada A26 near Alessandria, heading south towards the Apennines.

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

Railway lines

See also

References

  1. Regions and Cities > Regional Statistics > Regional Economy > Regional Gross Domestic Product (Small regions TL3), OECD.Stats. Accessed on 16 November 2018.
  2. Italian institute of statistics (Istat), see this link Archived 7 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Elenco Comuni Provincia di Alessandria - Piemonte".

External links

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