# Province of Asti

The province of Asti (Italian: provincia di Asti; Piedmontese: provincia d'Ast) is a province in the Piedmont region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Asti. To the northwest it borders on the Metropolitan City of Turin; to the southwest it borders on the province of Cuneo. To the east it borders on the province of Alessandria, while in the south it shares a very short border with the Ligurian province of Savona. It has an area of 1,504.5 square kilometres (580.9 sq mi), and, As of 2017, a total population of 215,871.

## History

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

There are 118 comuni (sg.: comune) in the province. The largest by population are:
| City | Population |
| Asti | 76,174 |
| Canelli | 10,465 |
| Nizza Monferrato | 10,369 |
| San Damiano d'Asti | 8,342 |
| Costigliole d'Asti | 5,865 |
| Villanova d'Asti | 5,667 |
| Castagnole delle Lanze | 3,772 |
| Castelnuovo Don Bosco | 3,235 |
| Villafranca d'Asti | 3,064 |
| Moncalvo | 2,998 |
The full list is:
* 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 Monferrato
* Castagnole delle Lanze
* 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 Monferrato
* 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
* 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
* Belveglio
* Tigliole
* Tonco
* Tonengo
* Vaglio Serra
* Valfenera
* Vesime
* Viale
* Viarigi
* Vigliano d'Asti
* Villa San Secondo
* Villafranca d'Asti
* Villanova d'Asti
* Vinchio

## Transport
### Motorways

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