which had formed part of the Division of Genoa. In 1935 the area of Asti was established as the separate <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Asti" title="Province of Asti">Province of Asti</a>.</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Communes">Communes</span></h2>
<p>There are 190 <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comuni" title="Comuni" class="mw-redirect">communes</a> in the province (source: Italian institute of statistics (Istat), see <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.upinet.