Piedmont is a region in Northwest Italy.

In physical geography, piedmont denotes a region of foothills in a mountain range.

Piedmont may also refer to:

Regions in the United States

  • Piedmont (plateau), a plateau between the Atlantic Plain and Appalachian Mountains
  • Piedmont (ecoregion), an area designated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the Commission for Environmental Cooperation
  • Central North Carolina, the Piedmont region of North Carolina
  • Colorado Piedmont, a valley in the foothills of the Front Range in Colorado
  • Piedmont Crescent, an urban area in North Carolina
  • Piedmont Triad, a region centered on three cities in North Carolina

Populated places

Canada

  • Piedmont, Nova Scotia
  • Piedmont, Quebec

United States

  • Piedmont, Alabama
  • Piedmont, California
  • Piedmont, Georgia
  • Piedmont, Kansas
  • Piedmont, Missouri
  • Piedmont, Ohio
  • Piedmont, Oklahoma
  • Piedmont, Portland, Oregon, a neighborhood in Portland, Oregon
  • Piedmont, South Carolina, a census-designated place
  • Piedmont, South Dakota
  • Piedmont, Virginia (disambiguation)
  • Piedmont, Washington
  • Piedmont, West Virginia
  • Piedmont, Mercer County, West Virginia
  • Piedmont, Wyoming

Colleges

  • Piedmont University, in Demorest, Georgia
  • Piedmont Community College, in Rixboro, North Carolina
  • Piedmont Technical College, with several locations in South Carolina
  • Central Piedmont Community College, in Charlotte, North Carolina
  • Georgia Piedmont Technical College, in Clarkston, Georgia
  • Piedmont Virginia Community College, in Albemarle County, Virginia
  • Piedmont Baptist College, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
  • South Piedmont Community College, in Anson and Union counties, North Carolina
  • Western Piedmont Community College, in Morganton, North Carolina

People

  • Prince of Piedmont
  • James of Piedmont (1315–1367), Lord of Piedmont from 1334
  • Louis of Piedmont (1364–1418), Lord of Piedmont and titular Prince of Achaea from 1402
  • Matt Piedmont (born 1970), American writer
  • Nicolaas Piemont (1644–1709), Dutch Golden Age landscape painter

Transportation

  • Piedmont (automobile), a car made by the Piedmont Motor Car Company of Lynchburg, Virginia
  • Piedmont (train), an Amtrak passenger train in North Carolina
  • Piedmont Airlines, a regional airline operating under the name American Eagle
  • Piedmont Airlines (1948–1989), an airline that was merged into US Air
  • Piedmont Limited, a former passenger train of the Southern Railway (US)

Other uses

  • Piedmont (Greenwood, Virginia), a historic house and farm in Virginia in the United States
  • Piedmont wine, the range of Italian wines made in the region of Piedmont
  • Piedmont blues or "Piedmont fingerstyle", a style of blues guitar playing
  • Piedmont League, defunct minor league baseball organization in the United States
  • Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia, the name given to the possessions of the House of Savoy in 1723
  • Piedmont, Arizona, fictional setting for part of the miniseries The Andromeda Strain
  • The Cumberland Rooters, a minor league baseball team in the United States known briefly as "Piedmont" during 1907
  • Ice piedmont, a geographic feature
  • Piedmont Atlanta Hospital, a hospital in Atlanta, Georgia.

See also

  • Piedmont Avenue (disambiguation)
  • Piedmont Council
  • Piedmont High School (disambiguation)
  • Piedmont Hotel
  • Piemonte (disambiguation)
  • Beskidian Piedmont (disambiguation)