Editing Piedmont (section)

===Languages===
[[File:Piedmontese Language distribution.png|thumb|[[Piedmontese language]] distribution:
{{legend|#d5001d|Areas where Piedmontese is spoken (municipalities where [[Occitan language|Occitan]] and [[Franco-Provençal|Arpitan]] presence is only de jure are included)}}
{{legend|#ff203e|Areas where Piedmontese is spoken alongside other languages (Occitan, Arpitan and [[Alemannic German|Alemannic]]) and areas of linguistic transition (with [[Ligurian language|Ligurian]] and with [[Lombard language|Lombard]])}}]]
As in the rest of Italy, [[Italian language|Italian]] is the official national language. The main local languages are [[Piedmontese language|Piedmontese]], [[Western Lombard dialect|Insubric]] (spoken in the eastern part of the region), [[Occitan language|Occitan]] (spoken by a minority in the [[Occitan Valleys]] situated in the [[Province of Cuneo]] and the [[Metropolitan City of Turin]]), and [[Franco-Provençal language|Franco-Provençal]] (spoken by another minority in the alpine heights of the Metropolitan City of Turin), like in the [[Susa Valley]] and [[Walser language|Walser]] (spoken by a minority in the [[Province of Vercelli]] and [[Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola]]).