Province of Asti

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The Province of Asti (; Piedmontese: provincia d'Ast) is a province in the region of Piedmont in northern Italy. Its capital is the city of Asti. It borders the Metropolitan City of Turin to the northwest, the Province of Cuneo to the southwest, the Province of Alessandria to the east, and the Province of Savona in Liguria to the south. It has 207,059 inhabitants.

History

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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

Agliano Terme
Albugnano
Antignano
Aramengo
Asti
Azzano d'Asti
Baldichieri d'Asti
Belveglio
Berzano di San Pietro
Bruno
Bubbio
Buttigliera d'Asti
Calamandrana
Calliano
Calosso
Camerano Casasco
Canelli
Cantarana
Capriglio
Casorzo
Cassinasco
Castagnole delle Lanze
Castagnole Monferrato
Castel Boglione
Castel Rocchero
Castell'Alfero
Castellero
Castelletto Molina
Castello di Annone
Castelnuovo Belbo
Castelnuovo Calcea
Castelnuovo Don Bosco
Cellarengo
Celle Enomondo
Cerreto d'Asti
Cerro Tanaro
Cessole
Chiusano d'Asti
Cinaglio
Cisterna d'Asti
Coazzolo
Cocconato
Corsione
Cortandone
Cortanze
Cortazzone
Cortiglione
Cossombrato
Costigliole d'Asti
Cunico
Dusino San Michele
Ferrere
Fontanile
Frinco
Grana
Grazzano Badoglio
Incisa Scapaccino
Isola d'Asti
Loazzolo
Maranzana
Maretto
Moasca
Mombaldone
Mombaruzzo
Mombercelli
Monale
Monastero Bormida
Moncalvo
Moncucco Torinese
Mongardino
Montabone
Montafia
Montaldo Scarampi
Montechiaro d'Asti
Montegrosso d'Asti
Montemagno
Montiglio Monferrato
Moransengo-Tonengo
Nizza Monferrato
Olmo Gentile
Passerano Marmorito
Penango
Piea
Pino d'Asti
Piovà Massaia
Portacomaro
Quaranti
Refrancore
Revigliasco d'Asti
Roatto
Robella
Rocca d'Arazzo
Roccaverano
Rocchetta Palafea
Rocchetta Tanaro
San Damiano d'Asti
San Giorgio Scarampi
San Martino Alfieri
San Marzano Oliveto
San Paolo Solbrito
Scurzolengo
Serole
Sessame
Settime
Soglio
Tigliole
Tonco
Vaglio Serra
Valfenera
Vesime
Viale
Viarigi
Vigliano d'Asti
Villa San Secondo
Villafranca d'Asti
Villanova d'Asti
Vinchio

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Demographics

As of 2026, the population is 207,059, of which 49.3% are male, and 50.7% are female. Minors make up 13.6% of the population, and seniors make up 28%.

Immigration

As of 2025, of the known countries of birth of 204,990 residents, the most numerous are: Italy (176,791 – 86.2%), Romania (5,560 – 2.7%), Albania (5,516 – 2.7%), North Macedonia (3,239 – 1.6%), Morocco (3,157 – 1.5%).

Transport

Motorways

thumb|The [[Autostrada A21 (Italy)|Autostrada A21 near Asti.]]

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

Autostrada A21: Turin - Piacenza - Brescia
Autostrada A33: Asti - Alba / Cherasco - Cuneo

International relations

The Province of Asti is twinned with:

Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, since 1985

References

External links

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.