Association of the Alpine States

The Association of Alpine States (Arge Alp, German: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Alpenländer, Italian: Comunita di Lavoro Regioni Alpine) is an association of 10 states, provinces and cantons of Austria, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland. The members are, from Austria: Salzburg, Tyrol, and Vorarlberg; from Germany: Bavaria; from Italy: South Tyrol, Lombardy, and Trentino; from Switzerland: Graubünden, St. Gallen and Ticino.

State CountryCapital PopulationArea (km²)Pop. density Municipalities
Bavaria GermanyMunich 12,519,57170,549.44180 2,056
Graubünden SwitzerlandChur 193,9207,105.4427 180
Lombardy ItalyMilan 9,871,28723,860.62410 1,544
Salzburg AustriaSalzburg 531,8007,156.0374 119
South Tyrol ItalyBolzano 511,7507,399.9769 116
St. Gallen SwitzerlandSt. Gallen 486,9812,025.54240 77
Ticino SwitzerlandBellinzona 341,6522,812.256 135
Trentino ItalyTrento 534,4056,206.9086 217
Tyrol AustriaInnsbruck 708,90012,640.17120 279
Vorarlberg AustriaBregenz 370,2002,601.12142 96

The association represents 23 million people within the area of about 142,000 km².[1][2] It was founded on 12 October 1972 in Mösern near Telfs in Tyrol.[3][4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Arbeitsgemeinschaft Alpenländer (in German)
  2. ↑ Comunita di Lavoro Regioni Alpine (in Italian)
  3. ↑ Statute of the ARGE ALP Archived July 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. (in German)
  4. ↑ Statute of the ARGE ALP Archived July 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. (in Italian)
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