Editing Alpine states (section)

==Territory==
The territory includes 83 [[Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics|NUTS 3]]-level local [[administrative division]]s and about 6,200 [[municipality|municipalities]].

In a narrow sense, the term "Alpine states" could be applied to Austria (28.7% of the total area), Italy (27.2%), and France (21.4%), which represent more than 77% of the Alpine territory and more than three quarters of the Alpine population. However, for larger countries like Italy and France, the share of their territory within the Alpine region only amounts to 17% and 7%, respectively. From a strictly national point of view, and with the exception of [[European microstates|microstates]] Liechtenstein and Monaco, [[Alps|the Alps]] are dominant in only two countries: Austria (65.5% of its territory) and Switzerland (65%).