title: Association of the Alpine States
text: # 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: Lombardy, South Tyrol, and Trentino; and from Switzerland: Graubünden, St. Gallen, and Ticino.
  
  | State | Country | Capital | Population | Area (km²) | Pop. density | Municipalities |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Bavaria | Germany | Munich | 12,519,571 | 70,549.44 | 180 | 2,056 |
  | Graubünden | Switzerland | Chur | 193,920 | 7,105.44 | 27 | 180 |
  | Lombardy | Italy | Milan | 9,871,287 | 23,860.62 | 410 | 1,544 |
  | Salzburg | Austria | Salzburg | 531,800 | 7,156.03 | 74 | 119 |
  | South Tyrol | Italy | Bolzano | 511,750 | 7,399.97 | 69 | 116 |
  | St. Gallen | Switzerland | St. Gallen | 486,981 | 2,025.54 | 240 | 77 |
  | Ticino | Switzerland | Bellinzona | 341,652 | 2,812.2 | 56 | 135 |
  | Trentino | Italy | Trento | 534,405 | 6,206.90 | 86 | 217 |
  | Tyrol | Austria | Innsbruck | 708,900 | 12,640.17 | 120 | 279 |
  | Vorarlberg | Austria | Bregenz | 370,200 | 2,601.12 | 142 | 96 |
  
  The association represents 23 million people within the area of about 142,000 $km^2.$ It was founded on 12 October 1972 in Mösern, near Telfs in Tyrol.
  
  