Geographical location Turin (Torino, in Italian), a town in Italy, the chief town of Piedmont and main town in the province, is situated at the foot of the Alps, where the Po and the La Doire Ripaire rivers meet, in a narrow corridor of the Piedmont plain. Turin belongs to the most densely populated and most active area on the European continent: this chain links London with Torino, passing through the Benelux region, Germany and Switzerland. Turin also forms part of the "Latin arc" which joins Madrid, Barcelona and the South of France before reaching the Po plain to continue towards the south and the east. Population Piedmont population (region of Piedmont - 1,206 towns) : 4,231,334 inhabitants for 25,399 km2 (density : 166,6 inhab/km2) Turin population (province of Turin - 315 towns) : 2,172226 inhabitants for 6,830 km2 (density : 318 inhab/km2) Source : Regione Piemonte, 2002 Figures Twin cities Campo Grande, Brasil, Chambéry, France Colonia, Germany Cordoba, Argentina, Detroit, Michigan USA, Esch sur Alzette, Luxembourg, Gaza, Palestine, Glasgow, Scottland, Haifa, Israel, Liège, Belgium, Lille, France, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, Rotterdam, Netherlands, Shenjang, China, Volgograd, Russia   Source : Turismo Torino