Northwest Italy


Northwest Italy is one of the five official statistical regions of Italy used by the Italian [National Institute of Statistics|National Institute of Statistics], a Italian NUTS [level 1 regions|first level NUTS region] and a European [Parliament constituency]. Northwest encompasses four of the country's 20 regions:

Geography

It borders to the west with France via the Western Alps, to the north with Switzerland via the Central Alps, to the east with the regions of Trentino-Alto Adige, Veneto and Emilia-Romagna belonging to Northeast Italy and to the south with the Ligurian Sea and the extreme offshoot of Tuscany in Central Italy. Northwest Italy includes a large part of the Po Valley and is crossed by the Po river, the longest in Italy.

Demography

Northwest Italy has 15,923,805 inhabitants as of 2025.

Most populous municipalities

Below is the list of the most populous municipalities with more than inhabitants:
#MunicipalityRegionInhabitants
1MilanLombardy

Economy

The gross domestic product of the region was 580.3 billion euro in 2018, accounting for 32.9% of Italy's economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was 35,900 euro or 119% of the EU27 average in the same year.