Austria–Italy border

Austro-Italian border
Austro-Italian border
Characteristics
Entities	Austria Italy
Length	404 kilometres (251 mi)
History
Established	17 March 1861; Creation of the Kingdom of Italy
Current shape	10 February 1947; Signing of the Paris Peace Treaties
Treaties	Treaty of Vienna ; Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye ; Paris Peace Treaties

The Austria–Italy border is a 404 km (251 mi)[1] land border along the Alps between the Republic of Italy and the Republic of Austria. A border has existed since 1861, but the current one only since 1919. It has been an EU internal border since 1 January 1995. The border was last changed in 1947.[2] A large older change was in 1919 when South Tyrol was made part of Italy instead of Austria.

Provinces and states along the border

Church at the border at Nassfeld

Italy

Austria

Traffic

The main arterial routes over this border go over the Brenner Pass. It has:

Other important routes are:

References

"The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency". Archived from the original on 2018-08-15. Retrieved 2018-08-26.
"The Paris Peace Treaties, 1947 were signed on 10 February 1947, including the 'Peace Treaty with Italy'". Verfassungen.eu. Retrieved 12 February 2019.

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[1] "The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency". Archived from the original on 2018-08-15. Retrieved 2018-08-26.

[2] "The Paris Peace Treaties, 1947 were signed on 10 February 1947, including the 'Peace Treaty with Italy'". Verfassungen.eu. Retrieved 12 February 2019.