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, regions, 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]

See also

• Alpine states

References

1. Arbeitsgemeinschaft Alpenländer (in German)
2. Statute of the ARGE ALP Archived July 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (in German)
3. Statute of the ARGE ALP Archived July 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)