Association_of_the_Alpine_States
Association of the Alpine States
An association of 10 administrative divisions of Austria, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland
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: Lombardy, South Tyrol, and Trentino; and from Switzerland: Graubünden, St. Gallen, and Ticino.
The association represents 23 million people within the area of about 142,000 km2.[1] It was founded on 12 October 1972 in Mösern, near Telfs in Tyrol.[2][3]