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Northern Italy (Italia Settentrionale, Italia del Nord, Alta Italia, Norditalia or just Nord) comprises two areas belonging to Italy:






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style="font-size: larger;" | Northern Italy
 
Regional statistics
Largest city Milan
Milan

Milan is the second largest city of Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. It is the capital in the Province of Milan, as well as the Regions of Italy capital of Lombardy....
Regions of Italy
Regions of Italy

The Region#Political regions of Italy are the first-level administrative divisions of the state. There are twenty regions autonomous, five of them are constitutionally given a broader amount of autonomy granted by special statutes....
Aosta Valley
Aosta Valley

The Aosta Valley is a mountainous Autonomous regions with special statute Regions of Italy in north-western Italy. It is bordered by France to the west, Switzerland to the north and the region of Piedmont to the south and east....
, Piedmont
Piedmont

Piedmont is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,399 km? and a population of about 4.4 million. The capital is Turin. The main local dialect is Piedmontese....
, Lombardy
Lombardy

Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region....
, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Veneto
Veneto

Veneto or Venetia , is one of the 20 Regions of Italy of Italy. Its population is about 4.8 million, and its capital is Venice. Once the cradle of the renowned Republic of Venice, then a land of mass emigration, Veneto is today among the wealthiest and most industrialized regions of Italy....
, Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Friuli-Venezia Giulia is one of the twenty regions of Italy, and one of five autonomous regions with special statute. The capital is Trieste. It has an area of 7,856 km? and about 1.2 million inhabitants....
, Emilia-Romagna
Emilia-Romagna

Emilia-Romagna is an administrative Regions of Italy of Northern Italy comprising the two historic regions of Emilia and Romagna. The capital is Bologna; it has an area of 20,124 km? and about 4.3 million inhabitants....
, Liguria
Liguria

Liguria is a coastal Regions of Italy of north-western Italy, the third smallest of the Italian regions. Its capital is Genoa. It is a popular region with tourists for its beautiful beaches, picturesque little towns, and food....
Area
Area

Area is a quantity expressing the two-dimensional size of a defined part of a surface, typically a region bounded by a closed curve. The term surface area refers to the total area of the exposed surface of a 3-dimensional solid, such as the sum of the areas of the exposed sides of a polyhedron....

 - Total

46,301 mi² (119,921 km²)
Population
Population

File:Population density.pngIn biology, a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular species; in sociology, a collection of human beings....

 - Total (2006)
 - Density
Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans....

 26,835,082
223.8 people/km²
Location


Northern Italy (Italia Settentrionale, Italia del Nord, Alta Italia, Norditalia or just Nord) comprises two areas belonging to Italy:
  • North-West (Nord-Ovest): Aosta Valley
    Aosta Valley

    The Aosta Valley is a mountainous Autonomous regions with special statute Regions of Italy in north-western Italy. It is bordered by France to the west, Switzerland to the north and the region of Piedmont to the south and east....
    , Piedmont
    Piedmont

    Piedmont is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,399 km? and a population of about 4.4 million. The capital is Turin. The main local dialect is Piedmontese....
    , Lombardy
    Lombardy

    Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region....
    , Liguria
    Liguria

    Liguria is a coastal Regions of Italy of north-western Italy, the third smallest of the Italian regions. Its capital is Genoa. It is a popular region with tourists for its beautiful beaches, picturesque little towns, and food....
    ;
  • North-East (Nord-Est): Friuli-Venezia Giulia
    Friuli-Venezia Giulia

    Friuli-Venezia Giulia is one of the twenty regions of Italy, and one of five autonomous regions with special statute. The capital is Trieste. It has an area of 7,856 km? and about 1.2 million inhabitants....
    , Veneto
    Veneto

    Veneto or Venetia , is one of the 20 Regions of Italy of Italy. Its population is about 4.8 million, and its capital is Venice. Once the cradle of the renowned Republic of Venice, then a land of mass emigration, Veneto is today among the wealthiest and most industrialized regions of Italy....
    , Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Emilia-Romagna
    Emilia-Romagna

    Emilia-Romagna is an administrative Regions of Italy of Northern Italy comprising the two historic regions of Emilia and Romagna. The capital is Bologna; it has an area of 20,124 km? and about 4.3 million inhabitants....
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Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol and Aosta Valley are regions with a special statute.

Related categories

  • Central Italy
    Central Italy

    Central Italy is a geographic area in Italy that encompasses four of the Regions of Italy:*Lazio*Marches*Tuscany*Umbria...
  • Southern Italy
  • Insular Italy
    Insular Italy

    Insular Italy refers to the macro-region composed of the country's two largest islands and their respective regions, Sicily and Sardinia. The two islands are both autonomous regions with special statute due to unique historical, cultural, and linguistic differences, in addition to a particular distance from the mainland....
  • Northeast Italy
    Northeast Italy

    Northeast Italy is an informal cultural and geographic region of Italy and subregion of Northern Italy. It is generally considered to be comprised of three Regions of Italy: Veneto, Trentino-Alto Adige/S?dtirol, and Friuli-Venezia Giulia....


See also

  • Italian NUTS level 1 regions
  • Cisalpine Gaul
    Cisalpine Gaul

    Cisalpine Gaul was the Roman name for a geographical area , in the territory of modern-day northern Italy , inhabited by the Celts. Sometimes referred to as Gallia Citerior , Provincia Ariminum, or Gallia Togata ....
  • Northern Italian language
  • Padania
    Padania

    Padania is an alternative name for Northern Italy. It was sparingly used until the early 1990s, when the Lega Nord political party proposed the term as a possible denomination for an autonomous Northern Italy....