Italian provinces
The provinces ( Italian province, singular provincia ) are together with the metropolitan cities the middle level of the territorial authorities in Italy .
18 out of 20 regions in Italy are divided into a total of 88 provinces - called free municipal consortia in the Sicily region - and 14 metropolitan cities, which have the status of self-governing local authorities. As of 2014, the metropolitan cities emerged from 14 provinces. The provinces of the Trentino-Alto Adige region , Trento and Bolzano-Alto Adige , have a special position: They are autonomous provinces and the same as the Italian regions .
In the Aosta Valley and Friuli-Venezia Giulia regions, there are no provinces in the sense of independent regional authorities. For statistical purposes, the Aosta Valley is listed as a province and the territory of Friuli-Venezia Giulia is divided into four provinces.
Basics
The Italian provinces (and the essentially equivalent metropolitan cities) are independent regional authorities with their own organs, functions and tasks according to the principles enshrined in the Italian constitution .
As self-governing local authorities, the Italian provinces are comparable to some extent with the districts in the Free State of Bavaria and with German districts . The central government and the regions can delegate additional tasks to the provincial self-governing bodies.
The autonomous provinces, on the other hand, are comparable to the German or Austrian federal states. Their independence is anchored in the constitutional provisions on the autonomy of South Tyrol .
In the regions with a normal statute, the entire state is responsible for the order of the provinces , in the regions with a special statute Friuli-Venezia Giulia , Sicily and Sardinia, the respective region is responsible. Additional special regulations apply to the Aosta Valley and Trentino-South Tyrol.
construction
Until 2014, the provinces had a directly elected representative body, the provincial council (consiglio provinciale) . The provincial government consisted of the president of the province ( presidente della provincia, one-time re-election possible), directly elected by the people for five years, and the so-called provincial committee (giunta), in which , in addition to the president, so-called councilors or consultants (assessori) were represented, who directed certain administrative areas of the province.
On January 1, 2015, a reform of the provinces came into force, reorganizing the organs of these regional authorities in the regions with normal statutes and redefining their composition. As the organs of the province, the law now defines:
- the President of the Province (presidente della provincia): this is elected by the mayors as well as by the city councils for a term of office of a maximum of four years. The mayors of the respective province are eligible for election, provided the remaining term of office is at least 18 months. There is no longer an old type of provincial government with councilors;
- the Provincial Council (consiglio provinciale), chaired by the President of the Province. Depending on the size of the population, the council has ten to 16 members. These are also elected by the mayors as well as the city and municipal councils from among their own kind, whereby the term of office in this case is limited to a maximum of two years. If the term of office of mayors and city and municipal councils expires, they automatically lose their possible mandate at provincial level;
- the assembly of mayors (assemblea dei sindaci): In addition to the provincial council, there is also an assembly of all mayors of the respective provinces; however, this assembly only becomes active in matters of principle or takes on advisory functions.
These provisions also essentially apply to the province- equivalent free municipal consortia ( liberi consorzi comuali ) of the Autonomous Region of Sicily . The organs of the free community consortia are accordingly defined as follows:
- President of the Free Community Consortium (presidente del libero consorzio comunale) ;
- Council of the Free Municipal Consortium (consiglio del libero consorzio comunale) ;
- Assembly of the free parish consortium (assemblea del libero consorzio comunale) .
However, these provisions do not apply to Trentino-South Tyrol. There the two autonomous provinces still have a directly elected state parliament and a state government headed by a state governor. In Trentino the governor is directly elected by the people, in South Tyrol the state parliament has chosen to vote.
Functions
As part of a comprehensive reform, the functions of the provinces have been curtailed and essentially transferred to the regions. The provinces are only responsible for:
- Coordination of spatial planning and protection and enhancement of the environment
- Planning of transport pick-up services in the province, approvals and controls in the field of private transport , construction and operation of provincial roads and regulation of traffic on provincial roads
- Planning the school network
- Collection and processing of data, technical and administrative support for local authorities
- School building
- Control of discrimination in the workplace and promotion of equality between men and women in the provincial territory.
Provinces whose territory lies entirely in the mountains and borders on foreign countries are also responsible for the strategic development and operation of joint facilities and can conclude agreements with other provinces and regions, including those with special statutes, and with regional authorities of foreign states.
To carry out the protective functions assigned to them, the provinces maintain independent police organizations, the so-called Polizia Provinciale .
The free municipal consortia of Sicily essentially take over the functions of provinces. In contrast to other provinces, the two autonomous provinces of Bolzano and Trento have extensive legislative and executive powers and the associated financial resources.
Metropolitan cities

The metropolitan cities, in Italian Città metropolitane, are a body provided for by the constitution of the Italian Republic, which simultaneously takes on all functions of a province and also some superordinate municipal functions, in particular in the areas of spatial planning and local transport.
After the metropolitan cities had existed only on paper for a long time, State Law No. 56 of April 7, 2014 resolved their actual establishment in the regions with normal status. The law ordered the conversion of the previous provinces of Turin , Genoa , Milan , Venice , Bologna , Florence , Rome , Naples , Bari and Reggio Calabria into metropolitan cities. On January 1, 2015, the metropolitan cities were established, with the exception of Venice, which began operating on August 31, 2015, and Reggio Calabria, which was constituted on February 2, 2017.
In the regions with a special statute, it is not the state but the respective region that is responsible for the establishment of the metropolitan cities. So far, the Autonomous Region of Sicily and the Autonomous Region of Sardinia have made use of this power and set up the metropolitan cities of Palermo , Messina and Catania and Cagliari on their territory .
For statistical purposes, the metropolitan cities are recorded as provinces. They also take over the license plates of the former provinces.
State administrative units
The state central government maintains numerous branch offices in its decentralized administrative areas. These are usually geographically congruent with the regions or provinces or metropolitan cities.
Each decentralized state administrative unit is headed by the prefect sent by the central government . He is a local government representative and is directly responsible for the public safety and efficient administration of the government branches in the province.
history

Origins and development until 2014
The Italian nation-state emerged in 1861 from the Kingdom of Sardinia- Piedmont, which was largely based on the Napoleonic model and whose legal regulations were adopted by the local authorities. Accordingly, Italy was subdivided into provinces (province), districts (circondari), districts (mandamenti) and municipalities (comuni) . This subdivision corresponded to the French départements , arrondissements , cantons and communes . The politically independent regions established between 1946 and 1970 only existed as a group of provinces for statistical purposes and economic planning, rarely also for administrative purposes or as districts of appeal courts.
The provinces were both administrative units of the central government in Rome and independent self-governing bodies with elected representatives. The government in Rome maintained a prefecture in every Italian province, headed by a prefect. All decentralized state offices and agencies on site were subject to this. Together with his sub-prefects, he also supervised the self-government organs of the provinces and municipalities.
Many Italian Ministries talked in the provinces peripheral offices, including police headquarters ( questure ), education authorities ( provveditorati ) or building authorities (Genio Civile) . These offices often had other branches at the level of the circondari or circles, which were supervised there by a sub-prefect. In particular, tax and land registry offices as well as courts were located at this level. The subordinate mandamenti were abolished by the Mussolini cabinet in 1923, the circondari with the sub-prefectures in 1927. At the same time, several new provinces were created. Between 1871 and 1927 their number rose from 69 to 92.

As self-governing bodies, the provinces had had a people's representative body (consiglio provinciale) directly elected for five years from 1860 . This provincial council elected annually from its own ranks the members of the deputazione provinciale , an executive body presided over by the state prefect until 1889. After that the president of this body was also elected by the provincial council. Under fascism, the members of the deputazione provinciale were appointed by the government from 1923. At the end of 1928, the previous self-governing organs of the provinces were abolished and replaced by an appointed head (preside) and a rectorate (rettorato) with four to eight appointed members. From 1944 to 1951, the former self-governing organs revived, but their members were again appointed by the prefect. In 1951, in accordance with the principles of the republican constitution, the provincial councils elected by the people (consigli provinciali) were re-established, which elected the presidents of the provinces, who then formed the new executive organs of the provinces with the members of the provincial committees (giunte provinciali) . In 1993 the provincial presidents were directly elected. In 2000 the term of office of the president of the province and the term of office of the provincial council were extended from four to five years, as was the case with the corresponding organs of the municipalities.
The circondario lived after 1951 isolated as optional decentralization unit of self-government of provinces again. As a rule, they were established in particularly densely populated provinces or in spacious, sparsely populated provinces. In such circondari there were only smaller branch offices of the provincial administration for the purpose of being closer to the citizens.
In the 1990s, the central government in Rome began profound reforms in the ministerial bureaucracy . In the course of these reforms, many Italian ministries relocated their most important peripheral offices to the regional level and set up additional branches, sometimes independently of provincial borders. At the same time, the rights of the prefects in the provinces were reduced and the rights of regions and municipalities were strengthened. As a result, the provinces lost much of their original importance as administrative units of the central government.
State level reforms

Since the establishment of the Italian regions, the existence of the provinces as independent regional authorities has repeatedly been publicly questioned because, in the opinion of many, their maintenance was disproportionate to the relatively low level of responsibilities.
In 2012, the Monti government tried to drastically reduce the number of provinces, but was unable to implement the plan due to early elections. The following government, Letta, intended to completely abolish the provinces through a constitutional reform, a goal that was also pursued by the Renzi cabinet , but which failed due to a referendum .
In April 2014, the Renzi government passed a reform of the provinces in the regions with normal statutes, which came into force on January 1, 2015 and, among other things, provides that the provincial organs previously elected to be replaced by representatives of the municipalities . According to the government, the reform should result in savings of 160 million euros, as around 5,000 provincial politicians will no longer be paid. However, the application of a new population scale will increase the number of councilors and councilors in the approximately 8,100 Italian municipalities by around 26,000. According to the government, this should not incur any additional costs. The Monti government made drastic cuts in this area in 2011.
Reforms in the autonomous regions
In a referendum on May 6, 2012, the vast majority of Sardinia's voters voted for the abolition of the eight provinces of their autonomous region. The Sardinian regional council then decided on May 25, 2012 that the competences of the provinces should be transferred to the municipalities or the region and that the provinces should be dissolved. This reorganization could not be implemented because the Italian constitutional court was brought before the regional administrative court. On February 4, 2016, the Regional Council passed a new law reforming the local authorities of Sardinia. The metropolitan city of Cagliari replaces the previous province, the remaining provinces of Sardinia have been reduced from seven to four.
In 2014 it was decided in Sicily to replace the nine provinces with so-called free municipal consortia ( liberi consorzi comunali ). The bodies of these new consortia are elected indirectly, as in the case of the provinces of the regions with normal status. Basically, the provinces of Sicily also continue to exist, albeit with a new internal order. In 2015 three of the nine Sicilian provinces were converted into metropolitan cities , so that in Sicily only six provinces formally continue to exist as so-called free municipal consortia.
In Friuli Venezia Giulia, the statute of the region was changed by a constitutional law in order to initiate the abolition of the provinces. On November 24, 2016, the regional council decided to finally abolish the provinces. Since the abolition of the provinces, the regional area of Friuli-Venezia Giulia has been divided into 18 associations of municipalities, called Unioni Territoriali Intercomunali (UTI for short). Organs of the municipal associations are the assembly consisting of the mayors (Assemblea) , the president (Presidente) and the auditor (organo di revisione) . The municipalities of the Friuli Venezia Giulia region can manage certain functions within the framework of municipal associations: social services; local police including administrative police; commercial activities; Cadastre; Spatial planning and spatial planning on a supra-municipal level; Civil defense planning; Statistics; Preparation of EU-funded projects; Tax administration. The provinces of Gorizia, Pordenone, Trieste and Udine no longer exist as independent regional authorities, but they continue to exist as districts of decentralized state administrations (e.g. prefecture - district office of the government ) or as statistical units.
In the small Aosta Valley region , the region takes on the role of a province. A "Province of Aosta" only exists as a statistical or administrative term. The regional area includes eight associations of municipalities, called Unionen Aostataler municipalities (French Unités des Communes Valdôtaines ).
In Trentino-Alto Adige almost all tasks of the autonomous region were handed over to its two autonomous provinces. As autonomous provinces, South Tyrol and Trentino remain unaffected by the above-mentioned reforms in the other provinces. According to the stipulations of the respective provincial legislation, the area of South Tyrol is divided into seven district communities , that of Trentino into 15 valley communities .
list
The following list represents the provinces of Italy, including metropolitan cities , autonomous provinces , free municipal consortia of Sicily, the Aosta Valley region, which is kept as a province for statistical purposes, and the former provinces of Friuli Venezia Giulia, which continue to exist as administrative districts and statistical areas. Provinces with a special statute are the provinces established according to the general legal situation (without the special regulations applicable to certain autonomous regions).
The first column names the respective two-letter abbreviations that are used, for example, in the vehicle registration number .
Abbreviation | Surname | status | region | Residents | Area (km²) |
Inhabitant / km² | Communities |
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AG | Agrigento | Free community consortium | Sicily | 429.611 | 3,042 | 141 | 43 |
AL | Alessandria | Province with normal status | Piedmont | 440.481 | 3,559 | 123 | 190 |
ON | Ancona | Province with normal status | Brands | 469,750 | 1,940 | 242 | 47 |
AO | Aosta (Aosta Valley) | Autonomous Region | Aosta Valley | 128,376 | 3,263 | 39 | 74 |
AR | Arezzo | Province with normal status | Tuscany | 341,766 | 3,235 | 106 | 36 |
AP | Ascoli Piceno | Province with normal status | Brands | 206.363 | 1,228 | 168 | 33 |
AT | Asti | Province with normal status | Piedmont | 221,871 | 1,515 | 146 | 118 |
AV | Avellino | Province with normal status | Campania | 413,926 | 2,792 | 148 | 118 |
BA | Bari | Metropolitan city | Apulia | 1,249,246 | 3,825 | 327 | 41 |
BT | Barletta-Andria-Trani | Province with normal status | Apulia | 388,390 | 1,538 | 252 | 10 |
BL | Belluno | Province with normal status | Veneto | 213.242 | 3,676 | 58 | 69 |
BN | Benevento | Province with normal status | Campania | 274.080 | 2,071 | 132 | 78 |
BG | Bergamo | Province with normal status | Lombardy | 1,101,458 | 2,723 | 404 | 244 |
BI | Biella | Province with normal status | Piedmont | 185,701 | 914 | 203 | 82 |
BO | Bologna | Metropolitan city | Emilia-Romagna | 995.693 | 3,702 | 268 | 60 |
BZ | Bolzano - South Tyrol | Autonomous Province | Trentino-South Tyrol | 508.863 | 7,400 | 68 | 116 |
BS | Brescia | Province with normal status | Lombardy | 1,259,626 | 4,783 | 263 | 206 |
BR | Brindisi | Province with normal status | Apulia | 390,456 | 1,839 | 212 | 20th |
CA | Cagliari | Metropolitan city | Sardinia | 430.914 | 1,248 | 345 | 17th |
CL | Caltanissetta | Free community consortium | Sicily | 260.779 | 2.124 | 123 | 22nd |
CB | Campobasso | Province with normal status | Molise | 218,679 | 2,910 | 75 | 84 |
CE | Caserta | Province with normal status | Campania | 922.171 | 2,640 | 349 | 104 |
CT | Catania | Metropolitan city | Sicily | 1,104,974 | 3,553 | 311 | 58 |
CZ | Catanzaro | Province with normal status | Calabria | 354.851 | 2,392 | 148 | 80 |
CH | Chieti | Province with normal status | Abruzzo | 383.189 | 2,588 | 148 | 104 |
CO | Como | Province with normal status | Lombardy | 596.376 | 1,288 | 463 | 160 |
CS | Cosenza | Province with normal status | Calabria | 700,385 | 6,650 | 105 | 150 |
CR | Cremona | Province with normal status | Lombardy | 363.918 | 1,771 | 205 | 115 |
KR | Crotone | Province with normal status | Calabria | 170.718 | 1,716 | 99 | 27 |
CN | Cuneo | Province with normal status | Piedmont | 592,782 | 6,902 | 85 | 250 |
EN | Enna | Free community consortium | Sicily | 162,368 | 2,561 | 63 | 20th |
FM | Fermo | Province with normal status | Brands | 173.004 | 860 | 201 | 40 |
FE | Ferrara | Province with normal status | Emilia-Romagna | 359.934 | 2,630 | 136 | 26th |
FI | Florence | Metropolitan city | Tuscany | 1,004,298 | 3,514 | 286 | 41 |
FG | Foggia | Province with normal status | Apulia | 616.310 | 7.175 | 86 | 61 |
FC | Forlì-Cesena | Province with normal status | Emilia-Romagna | 396.158 | 2,376 | 166 | 30th |
FR | Frosinone | Province with normal status | Lazio | 485.241 | 3,244 | 150 | 91 |
GE | Genoa | Metropolitan city | Liguria | 883.419 | 1,839 | 480 | 67 |
GO | Gorizia (Gorizia) | former province | Friuli Venezia Giulia | 142.279 | 466 | 305 | 25th |
GR | Grosseto | Province with normal status | Tuscany | 220,785 | 4,504 | 49 | 28 |
IN THE | Imperia | Province with normal status | Liguria | 222,807 | 1,156 | 192 | 67 |
IS | Isernia | Province with normal status | Molise | 83,586 | 1,528 | 55 | 52 |
SP | La Spezia | Province with normal status | Liguria | 223.357 | 881 | 253 | 32 |
AQ | L'Aquila | Province with normal status | Abruzzo | 296,491 | 5,035 | 59 | 108 |
LT | Latina | Province with normal status | Lazio | 576,655 | 2,251 | 256 | 33 |
LE | Lecce | Province with normal status | Apulia | 791.122 | 2,759 | 287 | 97 |
LC | Lecco | Province with normal status | Lombardy | 340,470 | 816 | 417 | 90 |
LI | Livorno | Province with normal status | Tuscany | 333.509 | 1,211 | 275 | 19th |
LO | Lodi | Province with normal status | Lombardy | 228.102 | 782 | 291 | 61 |
LU | Lucca | Province with normal status | Tuscany | 388,678 | 1,773 | 219 | 33 |
MC | Macerata | Province with normal status | Brands | 312,146 | 2,774 | 113 | 55 |
MI | Milan | Metropolitan city | Lombardy | 3,170,597 | 1,575 | 2.013 | 134 |
MN | Mantua | Province with normal status | Lombardy | 416.230 | 2,339 | 177 | 70 |
MS | Massa Carrara | Province with normal status | Tuscany | 193.934 | 1,156 | 168 | 17th |
MT | Matera | Province with normal status | Basilicata | 195.998 | 3,447 | 57 | 31 |
ME | Messina | Metropolitan city | Sicily | 620.721 | 3,247 | 191 | 108 |
MO | Modena | Province with normal status | Emilia-Romagna | 702,487 | 2,689 | 261 | 47 |
MB | Monza and Brianza | Province with normal status | Lombardy | 852,539 | 405 | 2,105 | 55 |
N / A | Naples | Metropolitan city | Campania | 3,082,905 | 1,171 | 2633 | 92 |
NO | Novara | Province with normal status | Piedmont | 372.109 | 1,339 | 277 | 88 |
NU | Nuoro | Province with normal status | Sardinia | 206.843 | 5,638 | 37 | 74 |
OR | Oristano | Province with normal status | Sardinia | 156.078 | 2,990 | 52 | 87 |
PD | Padua | Province with normal status | Veneto | 936.307 | 2.143 | 436 | 104 |
PA | Palermo | Metropolitan city | Sicily | 1,243,328 | 4,992 | 249 | 82 |
PR | Parma | Province with normal status | Emilia-Romagna | 443.136 | 3,450 | 128 | 47 |
PV | Pavia | Province with normal status | Lombardy | 549.354 | 2,965 | 185 | 190 |
PG | Perugia | Province with normal status | Umbria | 655.403 | 6.334 | 103 | 59 |
PU | Pesaro and Urbino | Province with normal status | Brands | 357.137 | 2,564 | 139 | 53 |
PE | Pescara | Province with normal status | Abruzzo | 318,678 | 1,225 | 260 | 46 |
Pc | Piacenza | Province with normal status | Emilia-Romagna | 290.215 | 2,590 | 112 | 48 |
PI | Pisa | Province with normal status | Tuscany | 422.310 | 2,444 | 173 | 37 |
PT | Pistoia | Province with normal status | Tuscany | 293.059 | 965 | 304 | 20th |
PN | Pordenone | former province | Friuli Venezia Giulia | 315,631 | 2.130 | 148 | 51 |
PZ | Potenza | Province with normal status | Basilicata | 360.936 | 6,549 | 55 | 100 |
PO | Prato | Province with normal status | Tuscany | 258.152 | 365 | 707 | 7th |
RG | Ragusa | Free community consortium | Sicily | 321.215 | 1,614 | 199 | 12 |
RA | Ravenna | Province with normal status | Emilia-Romagna | 393,333 | 1,858 | 211 | 18th |
RC | Reggio Calabria | Metropolitan city | Calabria | 541.278 | 3,184 | 170 | 97 |
RE | Reggio Emilia | Province with normal status | Emilia-Romagna | 531,433 | 2,292 | 231 | 45 |
RI | Rieti | Province with normal status | Lazio | 154,232 | 2,749 | 56 | 73 |
RN | Rimini | Province with normal status | Emilia-Romagna | 330.112 | 863 | 382 | 27 |
RM | Rome | Metropolitan city | Lazio | 4,333,274 | 5,352 | 810 | 121 |
RO | Rovigo | Province with normal status | Veneto | 248.195 | 1,790 | 138 | 50 |
SA | Salerno | Province with normal status | Campania | 1,092,779 | 4,918 | 222 | 158 |
SS | Sassari | Province with normal status | Sardinia | 489,634 | 7,678 | 64 | 92 |
SV | Savona | Province with normal status | Liguria | 287,566 | 1,545 | 186 | 69 |
SI | Siena | Province with normal status | Tuscany | 266.238 | 3,821 | 70 | 35 |
SR | Syracuse | Free community consortium | Sicily | 397.037 | 2,108 | 188 | 21st |
SO | Sondrio | Province with normal status | Lombardy | 183.158 | 3.210 | 57 | 78 |
SU | South Sardegna | Province with normal status | Sardinia | 347.005 | 6,530 | 53 | 107 |
TA | Tarent | Province with normal status | Apulia | 572,772 | 2,436 | 235 | 29 |
TE | Teramo | Province with normal status | Abruzzo | 307.412 | 1,948 | 158 | 47 |
TR | Terni | Province with normal status | Umbria | 224,882 | 2.122 | 106 | 33 |
TP | Trapani | Free community consortium | Sicily | 428.377 | 2,460 | 174 | 24 |
TV | Treviso | Province with normal status | Veneto | 889.835 | 2,477 | 359 | 95 |
TN | Trent | Autonomous Province | Trentino-South Tyrol | 530.671 | 6,203 | 85 | 217 |
TS | Trieste | former province | Friuli Venezia Giulia | 236,540 | 212 | 1,115 | 6th |
TO | Turin | Metropolitan city | Piedmont | 2,306,881 | 6,829 | 337 | 315 |
UD | Udine | former province | Friuli Venezia Giulia | 541.173 | 4,904 | 110 | 136 |
VA | Varese | Province with normal status | Lombardy | 885.283 | 1,199 | 738 | 141 |
VE | Venice | Metropolitan city | Veneto | 864.189 | 2,461 | 351 | 44 |
VB | Verbano-Cusio-Ossola | Province with normal status | Piedmont | 163.123 | 2,256 | 72 | 77 |
VC | Vercelli | Province with normal status | Piedmont | 179,484 | 2,088 | 85 | 86 |
VR | Verona | Province with normal status | Veneto | 922.210 | 3,120 | 295 | 98 |
VV | Vibo Valentia | Province with normal status | Calabria | 157.469 | 1,139 | 138 | 50 |
VI | Vicenza | Province with normal status | Veneto | 871.965 | 2,723 | 320 | 121 |
VT | Viterbo | Province with normal status | Lazio | 316.142 | 3,614 | 87 | 60 |
total | 60,566,484 | 301,377 | 201 | 8,061 |
See also
- List of coats of arms of Italian provinces
- NUTS: IT : Italian Groups of Regions (NUTS-1), Italian Regions (NUTS-2)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Legge 7 April 2014, n.56 - Disposizioni sulle citta 'metropolitane, sulle province, sulle unioni e fusioni di comuni. = Law No. 56 of April 7, 2014 - Provisions on metropolitan cities, provinces, associations of municipalities and associations of municipalities, In: normattiva.it (Italian), accessed on May 28, 2014
- ↑ Regional Law (Sicily) No. 15 of August 4, 2015, also guidelines of the Autonomous Region of Sicily on electoral processes https://www.provincia.caltanissetta.it/010/elezioni_2019/linee_guida_per_lo_svolgimento_del_procedimento_elettorale.pdf
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↑ The obsolete Art. 19, Legislative Decree of August 18, 2000, No. 267, assigned the following functions to the provinces:
- Soil protection , environmental protection , disaster control ;
- Water protection and protection of energy resources;
- Exploitation of cultural heritage
- Traffic and transportation
- Animal welfare and plant protection ;
- Nature parks and nature reserves ;
- Hunting and fishing in inland waters;
- Waste disposal , measurement and control of waste water and exhaust gases;
- Medical services , public hygiene and health care under state and regional laws;
- Upper secondary school education , arts education, vocational training, including school construction , within the framework of state and regional laws;
- Data collection, support for local bodies (mainly the municipalities).
- ↑ Law No. 56 of April 7, 2014, Art. 1 Paragraph 85
- ↑ Law No. 56 of 7 April 2014, Art. 1 para. 86
- ↑ Art. 114, COSTITUZIONE DELLA REPUBBLICA ITALIANA / CONSTITUTION OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC http://www.regione.taa.it/normativa/costituzione.pdf
- ↑ For the history, structure and perspectives of the “Città Metropolitane” see: Carlo Deodato, Staatsrat , Le città metropolitane: storia, ordinamento, prospettive: Archive link ( Memento of the original from February 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Italian).
- ↑ cf. Explanation of the law http://www.governo.it/GovernoInforma/documenti/sintesi_legge_Senato.pdf
- ^ Ecco le novità della riforma Delrio In: La Stampa April 3, 2014, accessed on May 27, 2014
- ↑ Regional Law (Sicily) No. 15 of August 4, 2015: Archive link ( Memento of the original of October 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ From 1818 to 1859 in Sardinia-Piedmont the four above-mentioned administrative levels were called divisione , provincia , mandamento and comune . In 1859 the designation divisione was replaced by provincia , the next level was now called circondario instead of provincia ( mandamento and comune unchanged). During the Napoleonic period the French system was in effect on the mainland until 1814, and the Savoy set up 15 prefectures on Sardinia. Gaetano Palombelli: L'evoluzione delle circoscrizioni provinciali dall'Unità d'Italia ad oggi . provincia.torino.gov.it (Italian), accessed May 28, 2014
- ↑ The designations circondario and mandamento were then retained as designations of the continuing judicial districts of the "regional courts" (tribunale circondariale) and the "district courts" (pretura mandamentale) . In the course of rationalization, the pretura circondariale was created in 1989 , which was then completely abolished in 1999 in favor of the justice of the peace and the regional courts. Details on treccani.it (as of 1938)
- ↑ deputazione provinciale on treccani.it
- ↑ The prime minister takes on the middle administrative level. 35 provinces are to be dissolved. The reform will come into force in 2014. In: Die Presse , October 31, 2012, accessed September 21, 2013
- ↑ Tobias Beyer, Italy will not get rid of its ruinous provincial regime In: Die Welt July 23, 2013, accessed on September 21, 2013
- ^ Ecco le novità della riforma Delrio In: La Stampa April 3, 2014 (Italian), accessed on May 27, 2014
- ^ Riforma Province, sì definitivo della Camera al ddl. Brunetta: “È un golpe”, Il Fatto Quotidiano , April 3, 2014 [1]
- ↑ Nella riforma Delrio 26mila politici locali in più. Ma senza costi aggiuntivi, Il Sole 24 Ore, December 22, 2013 [2]
- ↑ Legal text for the dissolution of the provinces Regional Council Sardinia, May 25, 2012 (Italian) Retrieved on July 4, 2012
- ^ Province sì o no? Intanto la Sardegna sprofonda In: avantionline.it 23 December 2013 (Italian), accessed on 28 May 2014
- ↑ Regional Law (Sardinia) No. 2 of February 4, 2016, Art. 17 http://www.consregsardegna.it/XVLegislatura/Leggi%20approvate/lr2016-02.asp
- ↑ Sicilia, Assemblea "abolisce" le Province. Ma la Casta le trasforma in 9 Consorzi. In: Il Fatto Quotidiano March 12, 2014 (Italian), accessed May 28, 2014
- ↑ Regional Law (Sicily) No. 15 of August 4, 2015: Archive link ( Memento of the original of October 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Special Statute for Friuli Venezia Giulia ( Memento of the original from December 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. of January 31, 1963, last amended by the Constitutional Act of July 28, 2016, No. 1
- ^ Regional Committee of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, press release of November 24th, 2016 ABOLIZIONE PROVINCE: PANONTIN, SÌ A DDL CHIUDE PROCESSO RIFORMATORE = Abolition of the provinces: Panontin, with the yes to the bill, the process is completed
- ↑ Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region UNIONI TERRITORIALI INTERCOMUNALI (UTI) ( Memento of the original from December 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Regional Law Friuli Venezia Giulia No. 26 of December 12, 2014, Legge regional December 12, 2014, n. 26 , Art. 12, Paragraph 1
- ^ Regional Law Friuli Venezia Giulia No. 26 of December 12, 2014, Art 26