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is a region in Northwestern Italy. In physical geography, piedmont denotes a region of

foothills Foothills or piedmont are geographically defined as gradual increases in elevation at the base of a mountain range, higher hill range or an upland area. They are a transition zone between plains and low relief hills and the adjacent topograp ...

in a mountain range. It appears in the proper name of several regions.

Regions in the United States

Piedmont (United States) The Piedmont is a plateau region located in the Eastern United States. It is situated between the Atlantic coastal plain and the main Appalachian Mountains, stretching from New York in the north to central Alabama in the south. The Piedmon ...

, eastern region *

Piedmont (ecoregion) The Piedmont ecoregion is a United States ecoregion designated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC). Considered the non-mountainous portion of the old Appalachian Highlands by ph ...

Colorado Piedmont The Colorado Piedmont is an area along the base of the foothills of the Front Range in north central Colorado in the United States. The region consists of a broad hilly valley, just under 5000 ft (1500 m) in elevation, stretching north and northe ...

, Colorado region *

Central North Carolina Central North Carolina, also known as the Piedmont, is a region of North Carolina. It is located between the Mountains to the west and the Coastal Plain to the east. It is the most populous region of the state, containing Charlotte, the state capi ...

, the Piedmont region of North Carolina *

Piedmont Triad The Piedmont Triad (or simply the Triad) is a metropolitan region in the north-central part of the U.S. state of North Carolina anchored by three cities: Greensboro, North Carolina, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Winston-Salem, and H ...

, a region centered on three cities in North Carolina *

Piedmont Crescent The Piedmont Crescent, also known as the Piedmont Urban Crescent, is a large, polycentric urbanized region in the U.S. state of North Carolina that forms the northern section of the rapidly developing Piedmont Atlantic megalopolis (or "megaregi ...

, a geographical phenomenon of urban areas arranged in a crescent shape in North Carolina

Populated places

United States

Piedmont, Alabama Piedmont is a city in Calhoun and Cherokee counties in the U.S. state of Alabama. The population was 4,400 at the 2020 census. It is included in the Anniston-Oxford, Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city is approximately one and a h ...

Piedmont, Arizona Piedmont is a ghost town in Yavapai County, Arizona, Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. It was located between the Weaver Mountains and the Date Creek Mountains of central-west Arizona, on Date Creek Road (Yavapai Route 62). It is near the g ...

Piedmont, California Piedmont is a small city located in Alameda County, California, United States, completely surrounded by the city of Oakland. Its residential population was 11,270 at the 2020 census. The name comes from the region of Piedmont in Italy, and it me ...

* Piedmont, Georgia *

Piedmont, Kansas Piedmont is an unincorporated community in Greenwood County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the community and nearby areas was 52. It is located approximately west of the city of Severy. History Piedmont wa ...

Piedmont, Missouri Piedmont is a city in northwestern Wayne County in Southeast Missouri, United States. Its population was 1,897 at the 2020 census. Part of the Ozark Foothills Region, it is at the convergence of State Highways 34 and 49. Piedmont, transliterate ...

* Piedmont, Ohio *

Piedmont, Oklahoma Piedmont is a city primarily in Canadian County, Oklahoma, United States, though a small part of it is in Kingfisher County. It is a part of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area. The population was 5,720 at the 2010 census, a 56.7 percent increase ...

Piedmont, Portland, Oregon Piedmont is a neighborhood in the north and northeast sections of Portland, Oregon, United States. The Piedmont subdivision was platted in 1889 by Edward Quackenbush, and promoted in an early flyer as "The Emerald, Portland's Evergreen Suburb, Devo ...

, a neighborhood in Portland, Oregon *

Piedmont, South Carolina Piedmont is a census-designated place (CDP) along the Saluda River in Anderson and Greenville counties in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The population was 5,411 at the 2020 census. Piedmont is a part of the Greenville-Anderson metropolitan ...

, a census-designated place on the border of Anderson and Greenville counties, along the Saluda river *

Piedmont, South Dakota Piedmont is a city in Meade County, South Dakota, United States. According to the 2020 census, its population was 971. Piedmont lies along Interstate 90 between Rapid City and Sturgis. Piedmont has been assigned the ZIP Code of 57769. Histor ...

* Piedmont, Virginia (disambiguation) * Piedmont, Washington *

Piedmont, West Virginia Piedmont is a town in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States. It is part of the Cumberland, MD- WV metropolitan statistical area. The population was 716 at the 2020 census. Piedmont was chartered in 1856 and the town is the subject of '' ...

Piedmont, Mercer County, West Virginia Piedmont is an unincorporated community in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. Piedmont is northwest of Matoaka Pocahontas (, ; born Amonute, known as Matoaka, 1596 – March 1617) was a Native American woman, belonging to ...

Piedmont, Wyoming Piedmont is a ghost town located in Unita County, Wyoming, United States. It was once a thriving small railroad and timber town, but started to decline when Union Pacific opened a new line that bypassed the town. Geography Piedmont is located ...

Canada

Piedmont, Nova Scotia Piedmont is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Pictou County Pictou County is a county in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was established in 1835, and was formerly a part of Halifax County from 1759 to ...

Piedmont, Quebec Piedmont is a small municipality within the Les Pays-d'en-Haut Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada, in the Laurentian Mountains of the administrative region of Laurentides. It is located along the North River and Autoroute 15 and Route ...

Colleges

*Piedmont College, since 2021

Piedmont University Piedmont University is a private university in Demorest and Athens, Georgia. Founded in 1897, Piedmont's Demorest campus includes 300 acres in a traditional residential-college setting located in the foothills of the northeast Georgia Blue Rid ...

, a private liberal arts school in Demorest, Georgia *

Piedmont Community College Piedmont Community College is a public community college in Roxboro, North Carolina. It is one of 58 colleges in the North Carolina Community College System. Its service area includes two North Carolina counties: Person County, where its main ...

, a two-year post-secondary institution in Person and Caswell counties in North Carolina *

Piedmont Technical College Piedmont Technical College is a public community college with its main campus in Greenwood, South Carolina. It serves seven counties in the Lakelands region of South Carolina. Six additional County Centers also serve students in Abbeville Coun ...

, a two-year community college in the Lakelands region of South Carolina *

Central Piedmont Community College Central Piedmont Community College (Central Piedmont) is a public community college in Charlotte, North Carolina. With an enrollment of more than 40,000 students annually, Central Piedmont is the second largest community college in the North Caro ...

, a large community college in Charlotte, North Carolina *

Georgia Piedmont Technical College Georgia Piedmont Technical College (GPTC) is a public community college based in Clarkston, Georgia. It is part of the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) and provides education for a three-county service area, mostly in the metro Atlanta ...

, a technical college in Clarkston, Georgia *

Piedmont Virginia Community College Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC) is a public community college in Charlottesville, Virginia. It offers associate degrees, one-year certificates, continuing education, and workforce training. The campus is located in Albemarle County, V ...

, a two-year educational institution located in Albemarle County, Virginia * Piedmont Baptist College, a private independent Baptist Bible college and seminary in Winston-Salem, North Carolina * South Piedmont Community College, a community college located in the areas of Anson and Union counties in North Carolina *

Western Piedmont Community College Western Piedmont Community College is a public community college in Morganton, North Carolina. It was chartered on April 2, 1964, as a member of the North Carolina Community College System The North Carolina Community College System (Sy ...

, a community college in Morganton, North Carolina

People

James of Piedmont James (January 1315 – May 1367) was the Lord of Piedmont from 1334 to his death. He was the eldest son of Philip I and Catherine de la Tour du Pin. While his father had abandoned his claim to the Principality of Achaea in 1307, James continu ...

(1315–1367), Lord of Piedmont from 1334 *

Louis of Piedmont Louis (1364 – 11 December 1418) was the Lord of Piedmont and titular Prince of Achaea from 1402. He was a son of James of Piedmont and Marguerite de Beaujeu (1346–1402). In 1405, he founded the University of Turin. On 24 January 1403, he marri ...

(1364–1418), Lord of Piedmont and titular Prince of Achaea from 1402 *

Matt Piedmont Matt Piedmont (born 1970) is an American film director and writer. Career At age 25 he secured a job as a writer for ''Saturday Night Live'', a position he held for six years, earning an Emmy in the process. Known for writing absurdist sketches ...

(born 1970), American writer *

Nicolaas Piemont Nicolaes Piemont (1644–1709) was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter who travelled to Rome in the 1670s. Biography Nicolaas Piemont was born in Amsterdam. According to Houbraken, Piemont was a member of the Bentvueghels with the nickname ...

(1644–1709), Dutch Golden Age landscape painter

Transportation

Piedmont (automobile) The Piedmont was a vintage automobile made by the Piedmont Motor Car Company of Lynchburg, Virginia from 1917 to 1922. History The Piedmont was produced in a variety of closed and open body styles and was powered by 4-cylinder Lycoming and 6 ...

, a car made by the Piedmont Motor Car Company of Lynchburg, Virginia *

Piedmont Airlines Piedmont Airlines, Inc. is an American regional airline headquartered at the Salisbury Regional Airport in unincorporated Wicomico County, Maryland, near the city of Salisbury. The airline is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the American Airlines ...

, a regional airline operating under the name American Eagle *

Piedmont Airlines (1948–89) Piedmont Airlines, Inc. is an American regional airline headquartered at the Salisbury Regional Airport in unincorporated Wicomico County, Maryland, near the city of Salisbury. The airline is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the American Airline ...

, an airline that was merged into US Air * ''Piedmont'' (train), an Amtrak passenger train in North Carolina

Other uses

Piedmont (wine) Piemonte wine is the range of Italian wines made in the region of Piedmont in the northwestern corner of Italy. The best-known wines from the region include Barolo and Barbaresco. They are made from the Nebbiolo grape. These wines are ideal for ...

Ice piedmont An ice piedmont consists of "Ice covering a coastal strip of low-lying land backed by mountains." Further reading * Vijay P. Singh, Pratap Singh, Umesh K. Haritashya, editors, 'Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers'', P 49 References *''The ...

, a geographic feature *

Piedmont blues Piedmont blues (also known as East Coast, or Southeastern blues) refers primarily to a guitar style, which is characterized by a fingerpicking approach in which a regular, alternating thumb bass string rhythmic pattern supports a syncopated melo ...

or "Piedmont fingerstyle", a style of blues guitar playing *

Piedmont League The Piedmont League was a minor league baseball league that operated from 1920 through 1955. The league operated principally in the Piedmont plateau region in the eastern United States. Teams The following teams were members of the Piedmon ...

, defunct minor league baseball organization * Piedmont (minor league baseball) *

Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia The Kingdom of Sardinia,The name of the state was originally Latin: , or when the kingdom was still considered to include Corsica. In Italian it is , in French , in Sardinian , and in Piedmontese . also referred to as the Kingdom of Savoy-S ...

, the name given to the possessions of the House of Savoy in 1723 *Piedmont, Arizona, fictional setting for part of the miniseries ''

The Andromeda Strain ''The Andromeda Strain'' is a 1969 techno-thriller novel by Michael Crichton, his first novel under his own name and his sixth novel overall. It is written as a report documenting the efforts of a team of scientists investigating the outbreak o ...

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Piedmont (Greenwood, Virginia) Piedmont is a historic home and farm located near Greenwood, Albemarle County, Virginia. The main house was built in two sections. The older sections is a two-story, three-bay, gable-roofed log half (now stuccoed), that was built possibly as ...

, a historic house and farm