Northwest Italy

Northwest Italy
Regional statistics
Composition	Aosta Valley; Liguria; Lombardy; Piedmont
Area; - Total	; 57,950 km2 (22,375 sq mi);
Population; - Total;	; 15,817,057[1] (2022)
GDP	€592.396 billion (2021)[2]
GDP per capita	€36,700 (2021)

Northwest Italy (Italian: Italia nord-occidentale or just Nord-ovest) is one of the five official statistical regions of Italy used by the National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT), a first level NUTS region and a European Parliament constituency. Northwest encompasses four of the country's 20 regions:

Geography

It borders to the west with France via the Western Alps, to the north with Switzerland via the Central Alps, to the east with the regions of Trentino-Alto Adige, Veneto and Emilia-Romagna belonging to Northeast Italy and to the south with the Ligurian Sea and the extreme offshoot of Tuscany in Central Italy. Northwest Italy includes a large part of the Po Valley and is crossed by the Po river, the longest in Italy.

Demography

In 2022, the population resident in north-western Italy amounts to 15,817,057 inhabitants.[1]

Regions

Region	Capital	Inhabitants
Aosta Valley	Aosta	122,955
Liguria	Genoa	1,502,624
Lombardy	Milan	9,950,742
Piedmont	Turin	4,240,736

Most populous municipalities

Below is the list of the population residing in 2022 in municipalities with more than 50,000 inhabitants:[1]

#	Municipality	Region	Province	Inhabitants
1	Milan	Lombardy	Milan	1,354,196
2	Turin	Piedmont	Turin	841,600
3	Genoa	Liguria	Genoa	558,745
4	Brescia	Lombardy	Brescia	196,446
5	Monza	Lombardy	Monza and Brianza	121,799
6	Bergamo	Lombardy	Bergamo	119,534
7	Novara	Piedmont	Novara	101,257
9	La Spezia	Liguria	La Spezia	92,119
8	Alessandria	Piedmont	Alessandria	91,059
10	Como	Lombardy	Como	83,184
11	Busto Arsizio	Lombardy	Varese	82,951
12	Sesto San Giovanni	Lombardy	Milan	78,884
13	Varese	Lombardy	Varese	78,409
15	Cinisello Balsamo	Lombardy	Milan	74,528
14	Asti	Piedmont	Asti	73,421
17	Cremona	Lombardy	Cremona	70,637
16	Pavia	Lombardy	Pavia	70,636
18	Vigevano	Lombardy	Pavia	62,076
19	Legnano	Lombardy	Milan	59,941
20	Savona	Liguria	Savona	58,194
21	Moncalieri	Piedmont	Turin	56,117
22	Cuneo	Piedmont	Cuneo	55,744
24	Gallarate	Lombardy	Varese	52,811
23	Sanremo	Liguria	Imperia	52,787
25	Rho	Lombardy	Milan	50,299

Economy

The Gross domestic product (GDP) of the region was 580.3 billion euros in 2018, accounting for 32.9% of Italy's economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was 35,900 euros or 119% of the EU27 average in the same year.[3]

References

"Bilancio demografico e popolazione residente per sesso al 31 dicembre 2022" (in Italian). Retrieved 29 July 2023.
"EU regions by GDP, Eurostat". Retrieved 18 September 2023.
"Regional GDP per capita ranged from 30% to 263% of the EU average in 2018". Eurostat.

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[abitanti-1] "Bilancio demografico e popolazione residente per sesso al 31 dicembre 2022" (in Italian). Retrieved 29 July 2023.

[2] "EU regions by GDP, Eurostat". Retrieved 18 September 2023.

[3] "Regional GDP per capita ranged from 30% to 263% of the EU average in 2018". Eurostat.