1. OUR REGION:
PIEMONTE
Itis Pininfarina
“APE”

2. Piedmont, Piemonte, is one of the 20 regions of Italy
Piedmont, Piemonte, is one of the 20 regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,399 square kilometres and a population of about 4.4 million. The capital of Piemonte is Torino. The name Piemonte comes from medieval Latin Pedemontium or Pedemontis, i. e. "ad pedem montium", meaning "at the foot of the mountains”

3. Piemonte is surrounded on three sides by the Alps, including Monviso (Mont Vis), where the Po rises, and Monte Rosa. It borders France, Switzerland and the Italian regions of Lombardy, Liguria, Aosta Valley and Emilia Romagna. The geography of Piedmont is 43.3% mountainous, along with extensive areas of hills (30.3%) and plains (26.4%). Piemonte is the second largest of Italy's 20 administrative regions, after Sicily

4. Economy
Lowland Piemonte is a fertile agricultural region. The main agricultural products in Piemonte are cereals, including rice, representing more than 10% of national production, maize, grapes for wine-making and fruit and milk. With more than
head of cattle in 2000, livestock production accounts for half of final agricultural production in Piemonte. Piemonte is one of the great winegrowing regions in Italy. More than half of its 700 square kilometres of vineyards are registered with DOC designations.
The region contains major industrial centres, notably: Torino, home to the FIAT (Lancia and Alfa Romeo) automobile works. Biella produces tissues and silks. Asti (Monferrato) is one of the most important wine district of the world. Alba is the house of Ferrero's chocolate factories and some mechanical industries.
The tourism industry in Piemonte employs more than people and currently there are more than companies operating in the hospitality and catering sector, with (approx) hotels and tourist accommodations

5. The ALPS in Piemonte – MONVISO mountain: the source of the PO,
the longest river in Italy

6. bibliography Text: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piedmont
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