Administrative division of Italy

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Regions and provinces of Italy

Italy is divided into 20 regions , nine major cities with special status , 100 provinces and 8047 municipalities (as of January 2015). On January 1, 2015, the tasks of initially nine provinces were taken over by just as many large cities with special status (città metropolitane) . Regions, cities with a special status, provinces and municipalities are, according to Article 114 of the Italian Constitution, as territorial entities ( Ente territoriale ) endowed with political autonomy and rights of self-government of various types.

NUTS

According to the nomenclature of the territorial units for statistics (so-called NUTS ), a distinction is made between several levels. The first level is not provided for in the Italian administrative structure and therefore does not form a regional authority .

At NUTS level 1, Italy is divided into regional groups into

  • Northwest Italy (Aosta Valley, Liguria, Lombardy, Piedmont)
  • Northeast Italy (Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino-South Tyrol, Veneto)
  • Central Italy (Lazio, Marche, Tuscany, Umbria)
  • Southern Italy (Abruzzo, Apulia, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise)
  • Islands (Sardinia, Sicily)

Regions

The twenty regions of Italy each have their own constitution, called a “statute”. They have directly elected governments and representative bodies. The latter have general legislative power in Italy, insofar as it is not reserved for the state in individual areas specified by the Italian constitution. Five of the 20 regions are described as “autonomous” and have more rights than regions with normal status. These are the Aosta Valley , Friuli-Venezia Giulia , Sardinia , Sicily and Trentino-South Tyrol . In the case of Trentino-Alto Adige, almost all the powers and competencies of the region were transferred to the two autonomous provinces of Trento ( Trentino ) and Bolzano ( Alto Adige ). The provincial parliaments of Trentino and South Tyrol can come together for joint meetings and then form the regional representative body. The two governors take turns chairing the region.

The central government in Rome and the Italian parliament can delegate additional tasks to the regions. As far as Italian ministries or other central authorities maintain branch offices in the regions, the regions also form decentralized administrative districts of the entire state.

flag Surname Italian name Capital Area in km² Residents Density
inh. / Km² 		Prov. According to Metropolitan city status president
Flag of Abruzzo.svg Abruzzo Abruzzo L'Aquila 10,763 1,344,955 125 4th 305 - - Giovanni Chiodi
Flag of Valle d'Aosta.svg Aosta Valley Valle d'Aosta Aosta 3,263 128,820 39 0 74 - autonomous Augusto Rollandin
Flag of Apulia.svg Apulia Puglia Bari 19,358 4,086,020 211 6th 258 Bari - Nichi Vendola
Flag of Basilicata.svg Basilicata Basilicata Potenza 9,995 785.386 78 2 131 - - Vito De Filippo
Flag of Calabria.svg Calabria Calabria Catanzaro 15,081 2,007,908 133 5 409 Reggio Calabria - Giuseppe Scopelliti
Flag of Campania.svg Campania Campania Naples 13,590 6,633,891 488 5 551 Naples - Stefano Caldoro
Emilia-Romagna Emilia-Romagna Bologna 22,446 4,465,863 199 9 348 Bologna - Vasco Errani
Flag of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.svg Friuli Venezia Giulia Friuli-Venezia Giulia Trieste 7,858 1,235,353 157 4th 218 - autonomous Renzo Tondo
Flag of Lazio.svg Lazio Lazio Rome 17,236 5,789,993 336 5 378 Rome - Nicola Zingaretti
Flag of Liguria.svg Liguria Liguria Genoa 5,422 1,613,369 297 4th 235 Genoa - Claudio Burlando
Flag of Lombardy.svg Lombardy Lombardia Milan 23,861 10,010,865 419 12 1544 Milan - Roberto Maroni
Flag of Marche.svg Brands Marche Ancona 9,366 1,568,835 167 5 239 - - Gian Marco Spacca
Flag of Molise.svg Molise Molise Campobasso 4,438 478,488 108 2 136 - - Michele Iorio
Flag of Piedmont.svg Piedmont Piedmont Turin 25,402 4,467,914 176 8th 1206 Turin - Sergio Chiamparino
Flag of Sardinia, Italy.svg Sardinia Sardegna Cagliari 24,090 1,673,981 69 8th 377 - autonomous Francesco Pigliaru
Sicilian Flag.svg Sicily Sicilia Palermo 25,711 5,043,480 196 9 390 - autonomous Rosario Crocetta
Flag of Trentino-South Tyrol.svg Trentino-South Tyrol Trentino-Alto Adige Trent 13,607 1,007,538 74 2 333 - autonomous Ugo Rossi
Flag of Tuscany.svg Tuscany Toscana Florence 22,994 3,763,939 164 10 287 Florence - Enrico Rossi
Flag of Umbria.svg Umbria Umbria Perugia 8,456 989.965 117 2 92 - - Catiuscia Marini
Flag of Veneto.svg Veneto Veneto Venice 18,399 4,960,661 270 7th 581 Venice - Luca Zaia

Provinces

The provinces of Italy form the middle administrative level. Until 2014, the provinces had, as independent local authorities such as regions and municipalities, a directly elected representative body, the provincial council (consiglio provinciale) , as well as a directly elected provincial president who, together with the aldermen appointed by him, managed the province's administration. Because of the low level of competence of the provinces, these directly elected bodies were abolished. It is now the mayors and the municipal councils who elect the president of the province and the members of the provincial councils from among their number. This does not apply to the above-mentioned autonomous provinces of Bolzano-South Tyrol and Trento , which have a special status with extensive legislative powers and are de facto equal to the Italian regions. In these two cases, the state parliaments (provincial councils) are elected directly, which then elect the respective governor (provincial president) and thus the state government.

In 2015, nine provinces were initially replaced by major cities with a special status (città metropolitane) , which take on all functions of a previous province and also some municipal functions. In contrast to the case of the German independent cities , there is no provision in Italy for the municipality and the province to be merged into a single entity and thus to become “province-free”. In this case, the municipalities remain in place. The cities and provinces of Turin , Genoa , Milan , Venice , Bologna , Florence , Rome , Naples , Bari and (from 2016) Reggio Calabria are affected . In Sicily and in Friuli Venezia Giulia, other bodies of this type are to be established.

As a result of the above-mentioned reforms, the Italian provinces (and the major cities with a special status) essentially became municipal associations, to which tasks can primarily be assigned by municipalities, but also by regions. As a rule, the Italian state as a whole does not entrust any tasks to the aforementioned provincial bodies; it has its own branch offices in the provinces, which, together with the local self-government bodies, are under the supervision of the prefects .

Until 1927 the provinces were subdivided as state administrative districts into circondari (districts) and mandamenti (districts). The circondari and the offices located there were presided over by a sub-prefect . The dissolution of the circondari in 1927 gave rise to the formation of a number of new provinces. In the Republic of Italy, a circondario was a possible subdivision of the province as a self-governing body. A circondario , however, had no organs of its own, only branches of the provincial administration.

In 2012 and 2013, the autonomous regions of Sardinia and Sicily decided to dissolve their provinces in their previous form. In Sicily, free municipal associations are possible under certain conditions. In Friuli Venezia Giulia , the provinces were abolished until 2018. There are no provinces in the small Aosta Valley region . The corresponding functions are taken over by the region. However, for statistical and administrative reasons, the Aosta Valley is also considered a province.

The following list does not take into account the reforms mentioned.

ISTAT
number 		province ISO
code 		region population Area
in km² 		Density
Ew. / km² 		Communities president
084 Agrigento AG Sicily 454.002 3,042 149 43 Eugenio d'Orsi ( MpA )
006 Alessandria AL Piedmont 440.613 3,559 124 190 Paolo Filippi ( PD )
042 Ancona ON Brands 481.028 1,940 248 49 Patrizia Casagrande ( PD )
007 Aosta Valley AO Aosta Valley 128,230 3,263 39 74 Augusto Rollandin ( UV )
051 Arezzo AR Tuscany 349,651 3,236 108 39 Roberto Vasai ( PD )
044 Ascoli Piceno AP Brands 214.068 1,228 174 33 Piero Celani ( PdL )
005 Asti AT Piedmont 221,687 1,515 146 118 Maria Teresa Armosino ( PdL )
064 Avellino AV Campania 439.137 2,792 157 119 Cosimo Sibilia ( PdL )
072 Bari BA Apulia 1,258,706 3,821 329 41 Francesco Schittulli ( PdL )
110 Barletta-Andria-Trani BT Apulia 392.863 1,538 255 10 Francesco Ventola ( PdL )
025 Belluno BL Veneto 213,474 3,676 58 69 Gianpaolo Bottacin ( LN )
062 Benevento BN Campania 287,874 2,071 139 78 Aniello Cimitile ( PD )
016 Bergamo BG Lombardy 1,098,740 2,723 404 244 Ettore Pirovano ( LN )
096 Biella BI Piedmont 185,768 914 203 82 Roberto Simonetti ( LN )
037 Bologna BO Emilia-Romagna 991.924 3,702 268 60 Beatrice Draghetti ( PD )
021 Bolzano BZ Trentino-South Tyrol 507.657 7,400 69 116 Luis Durnwalder ( SVP )
017 Brescia BS Lombardy 1,256,025 4,783 263 206 Daniele Molgora ( LN )
074 Brindisi BR Apulia 403.229 1,839 219 20th Massimo Ferrarese ( PD )
092 Cagliari CA Sardinia 563.180 4,570 123 71 Graziano Milia ( PD )
085 Caltanissetta CL Sicily 271,729 2.124 128 22nd Giuseppe Federico ( MpA )
070 Campobasso CB Molise 231.086 2,910 79 84 Rosario De Matteis ( PdL )
107 Carbonia-Iglesias CI Sardinia 129,840 1,495 87 23 Salvatore Cherchi ( PD )
061 Caserta CE Campania 916.467 2,640 347 104 Domenico Zinzi ( UdC )
087 Catania CT Sicily 1,090,101 3,553 307 58 Giuseppe Castiglione ( PdL )
079 Catanzaro CZ Calabria 368,597 2,392 154 80 Wanda Ferro ( PdL )
069 Chieti CH Abruzzo 397.123 2,588 153 104 Enrico Di Giuseppantonio ( UdC )
013 Como CO Lombardy 594,988 1,288 462 160 Leonardo Carioni ( LN )
078 Cosenza CS Calabria 734.656 6,650 110 155 Mario Oliverio ( PD )
019 Cremona CR Lombardy 363,606 1,771 205 115 Massimiliano Salini ( PdL )
101 Crotone KR Calabria 174.605 1,716 102 27 Stanislao Zurlo ( PdL )
004 Cuneo CN Piedmont 592.303 6,902 86 250 Gianna Gancia ( LN )
086 Enna EN Sicily 172.485 2,561 67 20th Giuseppe Monaco ( PdL )
109 Fermo FM Brands 177.914 860 207 40 Fabrizio Cesetti ( SEL )
038 Ferrara FE Emilia-Romagna 359.994 2,630 137 26th Marcella Zappaterra ( PD )
048 Florence FI Tuscany 998.098 3,515 284 44 Andrea Barducci ( PD )
071 Foggia FG Apulia 640.836 6,966 92 61 Antonio Pepe ( PdL )
040 Forlì-Cesena FC Emilia-Romagna 395.489 2,376 166 30th Massimo Bulbi ( PD )
060 Frosinone FR Lazio 498.167 3,243 154 91 Antonello Iannarilli ( PdL )
010 Genoa GE Liguria 882.718 1,839 480 67 Alessandro Repetto ( PD )
031 Gorizia GO Friuli Venezia Giulia 142,407 466 306 25th Enrico Gherghetta ( PD )
053 Grosseto GR Tuscany 228.157 4,501 51 28 Leonardo Marras ( PD )
008 Imperia IN THE Liguria 222,648 1,156 193 67 Luigi Sappa ( PdL )
094 Isernia IS Molise 88,694 1,528 58 52 Luigi Mazzuto ( PdL )
011 La Spezia SP Liguria 223,516 881 254 32 Marino Fiasella ( PD )
066 L'Aquila AQ Abruzzo 309.820 5,035 62 108 Antonio Del Corvo ( PdL )
059 Latina LT Lazio 555,692 2,250 247 33 Armando Cusani ( PdL )
075 Lecce LE Apulia 815,597 2,759 296 97 Antonio Maria Gabellone ( PdL )
097 Lecco LC Lombardy 340.167 816 417 90 Daniele Nava ( PdL )
049 Livorno LI Tuscany 342,955 1,211 283 20th Giorgio Kutufà ( PD )
098 Lodi LO Lombardy 227,655 782 291 61 Pietro Foroni ( LN )
046 Lucca LU Tuscany 393,795 1,773 222 35 Stefano Baccelli ( PD )
043 Macerata MC Brands 325,362 2,774 117 57 Antonio Pettinari ( UdC )
020 Mantua MN Lombardy 415,442 2,339 178 70 Alessandro Pastacci ( PD )
045 Massa Carrara MS Tuscany 203.901 1,157 176 17th Osvaldo Angeli ( PD )
077 Matera MT Basilicata 203,726 3,447 59 31 Francesco Stella ( PD )
106 Medio Campidano VS Sardinia 102,409 1,516 68 28 Fulvio Tocco ( PD )
083 Messina ME Sicily 653.737 3,247 201 108 Nanni Ricevuto ( PdL )
015 Milan MI Lombardy 3,156,694 1,575 2,004 134 Guido Podestà ( PdL )
036 Modena MO Emilia-Romagna 700.913 2,689 261 47 Emilio Sabattini ( PD )
108 Monza and Brianza MB Lombardy 849,636 405 2,098 55 Dario Allevi ( PdL )
063 Naples N / A Campania 3,080,873 1,171 2,631 92 Luigi Cesaro ( PdL )
003 Novara NO Piedmont 371,802 1,339 278 88 Diego Sozzani ( PdL )
091 Nuoro NU Sardinia 160,677 3,934 41 52 Roberto Deriu ( PD )
105 Ogliastra 1st floor Sardinia 57,965 1,854 31 23 Bruno Pilia ( PD )
104 Olbia-Tempio OT Sardinia 157.859 3,399 46 26th Fedele Sanciu ( PdL )
095 Oristano OR Sardinia 166.244 3,040 55 88 Massimiliano De Seneen ( PdL )
028 Padua PD Veneto 934.216 2.143 436 104 Barbara Degani ( PdL )
082 Palermo PA Sicily 1,249,577 4,992 250 82 Giovanni Avanti ( UdC )
034 Parma PR Emilia-Romagna 442.120 3,450 128 47 Vincenzo Bernazzoli ( PD )
018 Pavia PV Lombardy 548.307 2,965 185 190 Daniele Bosone ( PD )
054 Perugia PG Umbria 671.821 6.332 106 59 Marco Vinicio Guasticchi ( PD )
041 Pesaro-Urbino PU Brands 366.963 2,564 143 60 Matteo Ricci ( PD )
068 Pescara PE Abruzzo 323.184 1,225 264 46 Guerino Testa ( PdL )
033 Piacenza Pc Emilia-Romagna 289.875 2,590 112 48 Massimo Trespidi ( PdL )
050 Pisa PI Tuscany 417,782 2,445 171 39 Andrea Pieroni ( PD )
047 Pistoia PT Tuscany 293,061 965 304 22nd Federica Fratoni ( PD )
093 Pordenone PN Friuli Venezia Giulia 315.323 2.130 148 51 Alessandro Ciriani ( PdL )
076 Potenza PZ Basilicata 383.791 6,549 59 100 Piero Lacorazza ( PD )
100 Prato PO Tuscany 249,775 365 684 7th Lamberto Gestri ( PD )
088 Ragusa RG Sicily 318,549 1,614 197 12 Giovanni Francesco Antoci ( UdC )
039 Ravenna RA Emilia-Romagna 392,458 1,858 211 18th Claudio Casadio ( PD )
080 Reggio Calabria RC Calabria 566,977 3,184 178 97 Giuseppe Raffa ( PdL )
035 Reggio Emilia RE Emilia-Romagna 530.343 2,292 231 45 Sonia Masini ( PD )
057 Rieti RI Lazio 160,467 2,750 58 73 Fabio Melilli ( PD )
099 Rimini RN Emilia-Romagna 329,302 863 382 27 Stefano Vitali ( PD )
058 Rome RM Lazio 4,194,068 5,352 784 121 Nicola Zingaretti ( PD )
029 Rovigo RO Veneto 247,884 1,790 138 50 Tiziana Virgili ( PD )
065 Salerno SA Campania 1,109,705 4,918 226 158 Edmondo Cirielli ( PdL )
090 Sassari SS Sardinia 337.237 4,281 79 66 Alessandra Giudici ( PD )
009 Savona SV Liguria 287.906 1,545 186 69 Angelo Vaccarezza ( PdL )
052 Siena SI Tuscany 272,638 3.823 71 36 Simone Bezzini ( PD )
014 Sondrio SO Lombardy 183.169 3.210 57 78 Massimo Sertori ( LN )
089 Syracuse SR Sicily 404.271 2,108 192 21st Nicola Bono ( PdL )
073 Tarent TA Apulia 580.028 2,436 238 29 Giovanni Florido ( PD )
067 Teramo TE Abruzzo 312,239 1,948 160 47 Valter Catarra ( PdL )
055 Terni TR Umbria 234,665 2.122 111 33 Feliciano Polli ( PD )
081 Trapani TP Sicily 436.624 2,460 177 24 Girolamo Turano ( UdC )
022 Trent TN Trentino-South Tyrol 529.457 6,203 85 217 Lorenzo Dellai ( UpT )
026 Treviso TV Veneto 888.249 2,477 359 95 Leonardo Muraro ( LN )
032 Trieste TS Friuli Venezia Giulia 236,556 212 1,116 6th Maria Teresa Bassa Poropat ( PD )
001 Turin TO Piedmont 2,302,353 6,829 337 315 Antonio Saitta ( PD )
030 Udine UD Friuli Venezia Giulia 541,522 4,904 110 136 Pietro Fontanini ( LN )
012 Varese VA Lombardy 883.285 1,199 737 141 Dario Galli ( LN )
027 Venice VE Veneto 863.133 2,461 351 44 Francesca Zaccariotto ( LN )
103 Verbano-Cusio-Ossola VB Piedmont 163,247 2,256 72 77 Massimo Nobili ( PdL )
002 Vercelli VC Piedmont 179,562 2,088 86 86 Carlo Riva Vercellotti ( PdL )
023 Verona VR Veneto 920.158 3,120 295 98 Giovanni Miozzi ( PdL )
102 Vibo Valentia VV Calabria 166,560 1,139 146 50 Francesco De Nisi ( PD )
024 Vicenza VI Veneto 870.740 2,723 320 121 Attilio Schneck ( LN )
056 Viterbo VT Lazio 320.294 3,614 89 60 Marcello Meroi ( PdL )
Total - - - 60,626,442 301,338 201 8.092 -

Communities

The self-governing organs of the approximately 8100 municipalities are the municipal council, the municipal committee as municipal government with the mayor, usually directly elected by the people, at the head. As the capital of Italy, Rome has had an outstanding status since 2010 ( Roma Capitale ). Large cities ( città metropolitane ) can have a special status and thus an extended area of ​​responsibility. Larger cities are subdivided into city ​​districts , in rural municipal areas there are so-called fractions or districts . City districts and political groups are not regional authorities.

Municipalities can join together to form municipal associations to carry out certain tasks together, in the case of the Comunità montana also across provincial borders. In South Tyrol there are district communities , in Trentino there are valley communities . The community purpose associations are often called "community union".

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  1. ↑ a b Autonomous Province of South Tyrol
  2. ↑ a b 2009 several municipalities were relocated to the province of Rimini.
  3. ↑ 2009 parishes were reorganized.