Piedmont

Piedmont (Italian: Piemonte; Piedmontese: Piemont; French: Piémont) is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,399 km2 and a population of 4.3 million. The capital is Turin, and the local language is Piedmontese. Piedmont is surrounded on three sides by the Alps mountain range, including the Monviso (Mont Vis), where the Po River rises, and Monte Rosa. It borders with France, Switzerland, and the Italian regions of Lombardy, Liguria and the Aosta Valley. 7.6% of the territory is protected area, 56 different ones of which the most famous national park is Gran Paradiso (Grand Paradis).