Province of Asti

Province of Asti
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	Paolo Lanfranco
Area
• Total	1,504.5 km2 (580.9 sq mi)
Population  (31 August 2017)
• Total	215,871
• Density	140/km2 (370/sq mi)
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 (Template:Lang-it, Piedmontese: Provincia d’Ast) is a province in the Piedmont region of northern 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, a total population of 215,871.

History

A Moscato d'Asti.

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 municipalities (comuni, singular: comune) in the province. the largest by population 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

Map of the province of Asti

See also

• Piemonte (wine)

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)