The Province of Asti (; Piedmontese: provincia d'Ast) is a province in the region of Piedmont in northern Italy. Its capital is the city of Asti. It borders the Metropolitan City of Turin to the northwest, the Province of Cuneo to the southwest, the Province of Alessandria to the east, and the Province of Savona in Liguria to the south. It has a population of 207,059 in an area of across its 118 municipalities.

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.

Government List of presidents

Municipalities

The province has 118 municipalities:

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 delle Lanze Castagnole Monferrato 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 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-Tonengo 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 Tigliole Tonco Vaglio Serra Valfenera Vesime Viale Viarigi Vigliano d'Asti Villa San Secondo Villafranca d'Asti Villanova d'Asti Vinchio

Demographics As of 2026, the population is 207,059, of which 49.3% are male, and 50.7% are female. Minors make up 13.6% of the population, and seniors make up 28.0%.

Immigration As of 2025, immigrants make up 14.7% of the population. The 5 largest foreign countries of birth are Romania, Albania, North Macedonia, Morocco, and Moldova.

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

See also Piemonte (wine)

References

External links

MonferratoArte A historical and bibliographical directory of artists active in the extra-urban Churches of the Diocese of Casale Monferrato, which includes twenty parishes within the province of Asti.