Province of Alessandria

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Province of Alessandria
Nation  Italy
Region Flag of Piedmont Piedmont
Capital Alessandria
Area 3,560 km²
Population (2005) 429,080
Density 120.5
Comuni 190
Vehicle Registration AL
Postal Code 15010-15013, 15015-15018, 15020-15036, 15038-15046, 15048-15053, 15055-15079, 15100
Telephone Prefix 010, 019, 0131, 0141, 0142, 0143, 0144
ISTAT 06
President Paolo Filippi (Margherita) elected 2004-06-13
Map highlighting the location of the province of Alessandria in Italy

The Province of Alessandria (Italian: Provincia di Alessandria) is an Italian province, with a population of some 430,000 and an area of 3,560 km², which forms the south-western part of the region of Piedmont. To the north it borders on the Province of Vercelli and to the west on the provinces of Turin and Asti. It shares its southern border with Liguria (provinces of Savona and Genoa). Its south-west corner touches the Province of Piacenza in Emilia Romagna, while to the east it borders on the Lombard Province of Pavia.

The provincial capital is the city of Alessandria.

There are 190 communes in the province (source: Italian institute of statistics (Istat), see this link). The main communes by population are the following:

Communes Population
Alessandria 91,373
Casale Monferrato 35,303
Novi Ligure 28,354
Tortona 26,661
Valenza 20,457
Acqui Terme 20,193
Ovada 11,661
Serravalle Scrivia 6,108
Arquata Scrivia 5,869
Castelnuovo Scrivia 5,572

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Alessandria | Asti | Biella | Cuneo | Novara | Turin (Torino) | Verbano-Cusio-Ossola | Vercelli