Northeast Italy

Northeast Italy ( or just ) is one of the five official statistical regions of Italy used by the National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT), a NUTS1 level region.
Geography.
Northeast Italy borders to the north with Switzerland and Austria; to the east with Slovenia; to the south with Liguria (Northwest Italy), Tuscany (Central Italy), Marche (Central Italy) and San Marino; and to the west with Lombardy (Northwest Italy) and, for a very short distance, with Piedmont (Northwest Italy).
Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Veneto have a coast in the Adriatic Sea
The Alps are in the northern part of the region and the northern Apennines in the south. The highest point, in the region, is Ortles (), in the Alps (Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol); it is high.
Northeast Italy has the most part of the valley of the Po river (). The Po is the longest river of Northeast Italy and of Italy.
Regions.
Central Italy encompasses four of the 20 regions of Italy, including 36 provinces and 934 comuniː
The 10 "comuni" with more people living in them areː