Turin

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Turin

Total population

856,745

Air quality index

45Good

Coordinates45.07°, 7.68°

Demographic figures from ISTAT. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Turin is a city and a business and cultural centre in northern Italy. It is the capital city of the Piedmont region and of the Metropolitan City of Turin. From 1861 to 1865, it was the first capital of the Kingdom of Italy. The city is mainly on the western bank of the River Po, below its Susa Valley, and is surrounded by the western Alpine arch and Superga hill. The population of the city proper is 855,654 as of 2026, while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat to be 1.7 million inhabitants. The Turin metropolitan area is estimated by the OECD to have a population of 2.2 million.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Roberto Rosetti

Italian association football referee

Gian Piero Gasperini

Italian association football player and manager

Elio Rinero

Italian footballer

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Paolo Calcagno

Italian association football referee

Prince Thomas, Duke of Genoa

Italian prince and admiral (1854–1931)

Efisio Giglio-Tos

G

Giacomino da Ivrea

Italian painter

Ivo Ferriani

Italian bobsledder

M

Mario Paniati

Italian association football player (1907-1932)

P

Pierre Mussetta

French resistance fighter

A

Andrea Lanza

Italian musicologist

Barbara Allason

Italian writer and germanist (1877-1968)

Camillo Pellizzi

Italian essayist, politologist, sociologist (1896–1979)

Clemente Ravetto

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Denis D'Onofrio

Italian footballer

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Enrico Allimandi

Italian painter (1906-1984)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Piedmont

• Pecetto Torinese
  4.8 mi away · pop. 3,690
• Pino Torinese
  5 mi away · pop. 8,234
• Borgaro Torinese
  6 mi away · pop. 12,757
• Garino
  6.9 mi away · pop. 3,601
• Druento
  6.9 mi away · pop. 8,953
• Pianezza
  7.3 mi away · pop. 14,918
• Castiglione Torinese
  7.5 mi away · pop. 5,480
• La Loggia
  7.6 mi away · pop. 6,485
• Rivoli
  8 mi away · pop. 49,792
• Montaldo Torinese
  8.2 mi away · pop. 589
• Candiolo
  8.5 mi away · pop. 5,113
• San Gillio
  8.8 mi away · pop. 2,606

Browse all places in Piedmont →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Turin

Real dreams

Virtuality 2006 (2006 Turin, Italy) · 2006

Smart Guide Italy

Alexei Cohen · 2011

Turin & Piedmont

Hope Caton · 2006

Aostatal-Piemont Aosta-Turin-Genoa

Kummerly · 1990

Turin's Olympic Legacy

Egidio Dansero · 2025

Modern Alpine Architecture in Piedmont and Valle d (Contpemporary Architecture in Turin)

Antonio de Rossi · 2006

Piedmont

Serena Cecconi · 1996

National Geographic Traveler

Tim Jepson · 2000

Search results from Open Library.

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Turin, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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