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Torino
Città di Torino
A collage o Turin: in the tap left is the Mole Antonelliana, followed bi a view o the ceity unner the snaw, the Piazza Vittorio Veneto, the Ryal Palace o Turin an the Museo del Risorgimento (Palazzo Carignano)
A collage o Turin: in the tap left is the Mole Antonelliana, followed bi a view o the ceity unner the snaw, the Piazza Vittorio Veneto, the Ryal Palace o Turin an the Museo del Risorgimento (Palazzo Carignano)
Banner o Turin
Banner
Coat of airms o Turin
Coat airms
Turin is located in Italy
Turin
Turin
Location o Turin in Italy
Coordinates: 45°04′N 07°42′E / 45.067°N 7.700°E / 45.067; 7.700Coordinates: 45°04′N 07°42′E / 45.067°N 7.700°E / 45.067; 7.700
KintraItaly
RegionPiemont
ProvinceTurin (TO)
Govrenment
 • MayorPiero Fassino (PD)
Area
 • Total130.17 km2 (50.26 sq mi)
Elevation
239 m (784 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2018)[1]
 • Total875,698
 • Density6,700/km2 (17,000/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Torinesi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
10100, 10121-10156
Diallin code011
Patron sauntJohn the Baptist
Saunt day24 June
WebsiteOffeecial wabsteid

Turin (Italian: Torino, pronoonced [toˈriːno] ( listen); Piedmontese: Turin, pronounced [tyˈɾiŋ]; Laitin: Augusta Taurinorum) is a ceity an major business an cultural centre in northren Italy, caipital o the Piemont region, locatit mainly on the left bank o the Po River, in front o Susa Glen an surroondit bi the wastren Alpine arch. The population o the ceity proper is 911,823 (December 2012) while the population o the urban area is estimatit bi Eurostat tae be 1.7 million indwallers. The Turin metropolitan area is estimatit bi the OECD tae hae a population o 2.2 million.[2]

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  1. ‘Ceity’ population (i.e. that o the comune or municipality) frae [www.demo.istat.it/bilmens2012gen/index.html], ISTAT.
  2. OECD. "Competitive Cities in the Global Economy" (PDF). Archived frae the original (PDF) on 1 October 2008. Retrieved 30 Apryle 2009.