Regions of Europe Regions of Europe The Alpine countries, sometimes called Alpine nations or Alpine states, are a group of nations taken to be part of either Central Europe along with the Visegrád group or Western Europe. The region takes its name from the Alps, the largest mountain ranges of Europe, stretching from Austria to France and including Slovenia, Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and - with restrictions - Germany. All of these nations include portions of the Alps, and because of this are termed the "Alpine countries". Though France and Italy also have mountains of the Alps within their borders, neither is always considered to be an Alpine country, with the former sometimes being considered to be only a part of Western Europe and the latter sometimes being considered to be only part of the Apennine peninsula in Southern Europe. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alpine countries"
The Italian peninsula or the Apennine peninsula is one of the greatest peninsulas of Europe, spanning 1000 km from the Alps in the north, to the central Mediterranean Sea in the south. ...more on Wikipedia about "Italian peninsula"
Mitteleuropa (Middle-Europe) is a German term approximately equal to Central Europe. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mitteleuropa"
In European politics, a region is the layer of government directly below the national level. The term is especially used in relation to those regions which have some historical claim to uniqueness or independence, or differ significantly from the rest of the country. ...more on Wikipedia about "Region (Europe)"
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Savoy ( Italian: Savoia, French: Savoie, Arpitan: Savouè) is a region of western Europe that emerged, along with the free communes of Switzerland, following the collapse of the Frankish Kingdom of Burgundy. Installed by Rudolph III, King of Burgundy, officially in 1003, the House of Savoy maintained independence as counts (see County of Savoy, ca 1000 to 1416) and then dukes (see Duchy of Savoy, 1416 to 1714), until Savoia was linked with the Kingdom of Sardinia, which included Piemonte in north-western Italy. Savoy was largely absorbed into France in 1860, as part of the political agreement with Napoleon III that brought about the unification of Italy. ...more on Wikipedia about "Savoy"
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