The Association of the Alpine States (, ; ) is an association of 10 states, regions, provinces, and cantons of Austria, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland. The members are, from Austria: Salzburg, Tyrol, and Vorarlberg; from Germany: Bavaria; from Italy: Lombardy, South Tyrol, and Trentino; and from Switzerland: Graubünden, St. Gallen, and Ticino.
The association represents 23 million people within the area of about 142,000 km2.Arbeitsgemeinschaft Alpenländer It was founded on 12 October 1972 in Mösern, near Telfs in Tyrol.Statute of the ARGE ALP Statute of the ARGE ALP
Administrative division Country Capital Population Area (km²) Pop. density Municipalities Bavaria Germany Munich 12,519,571 70,549.44 177.46 2,056 Graubünden Switzerland Chur 193,920 7,105.44 27.29 180 Lombardy Italy Milan 9,871,287 23,860.62 413.71 1,544 Salzburg Austria Salzburg 531,800 7,156.03 74.31 119 South Tyrol Italy Bolzano 511,750 7,399.97 69.16 116 St. Gallen Switzerland St. Gallen 486,981 2,025.54 240.42 77 Ticino Bellinzona 341,652 2,812.2 121.49 135 Trentino Italy Trento 534,405 6,206.90 86.10 217 Tyrol Austria Innsbruck 708,900 12,640.17 56.08 279 Vorarlberg Bregenz 370,200 2,601.12 142.32 96Total26,070,466142,357.43183.134,819
See also Alpine states
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