The provinces of Italy ( it, province d'Italia) are the second-level
administrative divisions of the
Italian Republic, on an intermediate level between a municipality () and a
region (). Since 2015, provinces have been classified as "institutional bodies of second level".
There are currently 107 institutional bodies of second level in Italy, including 80 ordinary provinces, 2 autonomous provinces, 4 regional decentralization entities, 6 free municipal consortia, and 14
metropolitan cities, as well as the
Aosta Valley region (which also exercises the powers of a province).
Italian provinces (with the exception of the current Sardinian provinces) correspond to the
NUTS 3 regions.
Overview
A province of the
Italian Republic is composed of many municipalities (). Usually several provinces together form a region; the region of
Aosta Valley is the sole exception—it is not subdivided into provinces, and provincial functions are exercised by the region.
The three main functions devolved to provinces are:
* local planning and zoning;
* provision of
local police and
fire services;
* transportation regulation (car registration, maintenance of local roads, etc.).
The number of provinces in Italy has been steadily growing in recent years, as many new ones are carved out of older ones. Usually, the province's name is the same as that of its capital city.
According to the 2014 reform, each province is headed by a President (or Commissioner) assisted by a legislative body, the Provincial Council, and an executive body, the Provincial Executive. President (Commissioner) and members of Council are elected together by mayors and city councilors of each municipality of the province. The Executive is chaired by the President (Commissioner) who appoint others members, called . Since 2015, the President (Commissioner) and other members of the council will not receive a salary.
In each province, there is also a Prefect (), a representative of the central government who heads an agency called . The Questor () is the head of State Police () in the province and his office is called . There is also a provincial police force depending from local government, called
provincial police ().
The
South Tyrol and
Trentino are autonomous provinces: unlike all other provinces they have the same legislative powers as regions and are not subordinated to
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, the region they are part of.
Type
Based on the most recent legislation, contained in the law of 7 April 2014 n. 56, the council and the presidents of the provinces of the regions with ordinary statute are elected by restricted suffrage by the mayors and councilors of the province's municipalities, while in the
metropolitan cities the equivalent of the president of the province is the (elective) mayor of the capital, said "metropolitan mayor".
The other types of entities similar to the provinces in the regions with special statutes, the free municipal consortia in
Sicily and the
Sardinian provinces are governed by extraordinary commissioners appointed by the respective regional administrations, the autonomous provinces of
Trentino-Alto Adige each elect its own president, and finally in
Aosta Valley the functions of the province are carried out by the regional administration (whose president is elected by the regional council).
List of provinces
List
Note: the data is updated as of 1 January 2021
Data
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Sardinia — following the outcome of the regional referendums of 2012 it was decreed that such institutions should be reformed or abolished by March 2013 (thus remaining in office until 28 February 2013). In January 2014 the Sardinian Regional Administrative Court declared "unconstitutional" the abolition of the Sardinian provinces, which occurred in 2013. In 2016, Sardinian provinces were reformed by Sardinia regional executive: Cagliari became a
metropolitan city; the provinces
Olbia-Tempio,
Ogliastra,
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and
Carbonia-Iglesias The province of Carbonia-Iglesias (, ) was a provinces of Italy, province in the autonomous region of Sardinia, Italy. It included the historical area of Sulcis-Iglesiente and it was the smallest province of Sardinia. It is bordered by the provinces ...
were abolished. In 2017, Regional council of Sardinia approved the institution of a new province,
South Sardinia. It was formed by the municipalities of province of Cagliari that did not join to metropolitan city of Cagliari, and those which formed the provinces of Medio Campidano and Carbonia Iglesias.
*
Sicily — provinces were replaced by six free municipal consortia in 2013 and three
metropolitan cities in 2015.
*
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
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— in 2016, the regional council of Friuli-Venezia Giulia approved a law which abolished the four provinces which formed the region, and replaced by 18 territorial unions of municipalities. In 2019, the regional council of Friuli-Venezia Giulia rebranded the four provinces as the four regional decentralization entities, who took their competences, powers, and capital.
*
Metropolitan cities — in 2015, 14 metropolitan cities replaced the provinces of
Bari
Bari ( , ; nap, label= Barese, Bare ; lat, Barium) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, southern Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy a ...
,
Bologna,
Cagliari
Cagliari (, also , , ; sc, Casteddu ; lat, Caralis) is an Italian municipality and the capital of the island of Sardinia, an autonomous region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name ''Casteddu'' means ''castle''. It has about 155,000 inhabitant ...
,
Catania
Catania (, , Sicilian and ) is the second largest municipality in Sicily, after Palermo. Despite its reputation as the second city of the island, Catania is the largest Sicilian conurbation, among the largest in Italy, as evidenced also by ...
,
Florence,
Genoa,
Messina
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,
Milan,
Naples,
Palermo
Palermo ( , ; scn, Palermu , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan ...
,
Reggio Calabria
Reggio di Calabria ( scn, label= Southern Calabrian, Riggiu; el, label= Calabrian Greek, Ρήγι, Rìji), usually referred to as Reggio Calabria, or simply Reggio by its inhabitants, is the largest city in Calabria. It has an estimated popul ...
,
Rome,
Turin, and
Venice
Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...
.
Maps
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Lombardy ( it, Lombardia, Lombard language, Lombard: ''Lombardia'' or ''Lumbardia' '') is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in the northern-central part of the country and has a population of about 10 ...
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File:Map of region of Piedmont, Italy, with provinces-it.svg, Piedmont
File:Map of region of Sardinia, Italy, with provinces-it (as of 2016).svg, Sardinia
File:Map of region of Sicily, Italy, with provinces-it.svg, Sicily
File:Map of region of Tuscany, Italy, with provinces-it.svg, Tuscany
File:Map of region of Trentino-South Tyrol, Italy, with provinces-it.svg, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
File:Map of region of Umbria, Italy, with provinces-it.svg, Umbria
File:Map of region of Veneto, Italy, with provinces-it.svg, Veneto
History
National unification
In 1861, at the
birth of the Kingdom of Italy, there were 59 provinces. However, at that time the national territory was smaller than the current one:
regions of
Veneto,
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
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,
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol and
Lazio were not included in the kingdom.
In 1866, following the
Third Independence War
The Austro-Prussian War, also by many variant names such as Seven Weeks' War, German Civil War, Brothers War or Fraternal War, known in Germany as ("German War"), (; "German war of brothers") and by a variety of other names, was fought in 186 ...
, territories of Veneto,
Friuli and
Mantua were annexed. There were therefore nine more provinces:
Belluno
Belluno (; lld, Belum; vec, Belùn) is a town and province in the Veneto region of northern Italy. Located about north of Venice, Belluno is the capital of the province of Belluno and the most important city in the Eastern Dolomites region ...
,
Mantua,
Padua,
Rovigo,
Treviso,
Venice
Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...
,
Verona,
Vicenza and
Udine, all previously part of the
Austrian Empire. Eventually, in 1870, following the union of
Rome and
its province from the
Papal States, the provinces rose in number to 69.
After the
World War I, new territories were annexed to Italy. The
province of Trento was created in 1923. Provinces of
La Spezia
La Spezia (, or , ; in the local Spezzino dialect) is the capital city of the province of La Spezia and is located at the head of the Gulf of La Spezia in the southern part of the Liguria region of Italy.
La Spezia is the second largest city ...
and
Trieste in 1923, while
Ionio in 1924.
In 1924 the new provinces of
Fiume,
Pola, and
Zara were created, increasing the total number of provinces in Italy to 76.
Between the two World Wars
In 1927, following a
Royal charter,
[Regio Decreto Legislativo n. 1/1927, 3 January 1927, "Riordinamento delle circoscrizioni provinciali"] a general province rearrangement took place. 17 new provinces were created:
Aosta,
Vercelli,
Varese,
Savona
Savona (; lij, Sann-a ) is a seaport and ''comune'' in the west part of the northern Italy, Italian region of Liguria, capital of the Province of Savona, in the Riviera di Ponente on the Mediterranean Sea.
Savona used to be one of the chie ...
,
Bolzano,
Gorizia,
Pistoia
Pistoia (, is a city and ''comune'' in the Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of a province of the same name, located about west and north of Florence and is crossed by the Ombrone Pistoiese, a tributary of the River Arno. It is a typi ...
,
Pescara,
Rieti
Rieti (; lat, Reate, Sabino: ) is a town and ''comune'' in Lazio, central Italy, with a population of 47,700. It is the administrative seat of the province of Rieti and see of the diocese of Rieti, as well as the modern capital of the Sabina re ...
,
Terni,
Viterbo,
Frosinone,
Brindisi
Brindisi ( , ) ; la, Brundisium; grc, Βρεντέσιον, translit=Brentésion; cms, Brunda), group=pron is a city in the region of Apulia in southern Italy, the capital of the province of Brindisi, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea.
Histo ...
,
Matera
Matera (, ; Materano: ) is a city in the region of Basilicata, in Southern Italy.
As the capital of the province of Matera, its original settlement lies in two canyons carved by the Gravina River. This area, the Sassi di Matera, is a comple ...
,
Ragusa Ragusa is the historical name of Dubrovnik. It may also refer to:
Places Croatia
* the Republic of Ragusa (or Republic of Dubrovnik), the maritime city-state of Ragusa
* Cavtat (historically ' in Italian), a town in Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Cro ...
,
Castrogiovanni,
Nuoro. In the same year, the
Province of Caserta was dissolved, Girgenti was renamed
Agrigento, and the institution of ''circondari'', sub-provincial wards created before the
unification, was abolished.
In 1930 Spezia became
La Spezia
La Spezia (, or , ; in the local Spezzino dialect) is the capital city of the province of La Spezia and is located at the head of the Gulf of La Spezia in the southern part of the Liguria region of Italy.
La Spezia is the second largest city ...
, while in 1931 Bari delle Puglie became
Bari
Bari ( , ; nap, label= Barese, Bare ; lat, Barium) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, southern Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy a ...
.
Province of Littoria (Latina) was created in 1934, and the
Province of Asti
The Province of Asti ( it, Provincia di Asti, Piedmontese: ''Provincia d’Ast'') is a province in the Piedmont region of northern Italy. Its capital is the city of Asti. To the northwest it borders on the Metropolitan City of Turin; to the sou ...
in 1935. n 1939 the Province of Aquila degli Abruzzi became the
Province of L'Aquila, and in 1940 the Province of Friuli was renamed the
Province of Udine
The province of Udine ( it, provincia di Udine, fur, provincie di Udin, sl, videmska pokrajina, Resian dialect, Resian: , german: Provinz Weiden) was a Provinces of Italy, province in the autonomous region Friuli-Venezia Giulia of Italy, borderi ...
.
Following the annexation of a part of
Yugoslavia in 1941, during the
World War II, the
province of Zara was enlarged and joined the
Governorate of Dalmatia (comprising the province of
Zara, and the new provinces of
Spalato, and
Cattaro), while in the occupied central part of the present-day
Slovenia the new
province of Ljubljana The Province of Ljubljana ( it, Provincia di Lubiana, sl, Ljubljanska pokrajina, german: Provinz Laibach) was the central-southern area of Slovenia. In 1941, it was annexed by Fascist Italy, and after 1943 occupied by Nazi Germany. Created on May ...
was created. This lasted only until 1945, when Yugoslavia regained the lost territories after the end of the World War II.
After World War II
In 1945, after the end of the World War II, the province of Aosta changed its name to
Aosta Valley and Littoria to
Latina; the new province of
Caserta was recreated.
With the
Paris Peace Treaties
The Paris Peace Treaties (french: Traités de Paris) were signed on 10 February 1947 following the end of World War II in 1945.
The Paris Peace Conference lasted from 29 July until 15 October 1946. The victorious wartime Allied powers (princi ...
, signed on 10 February 1947, Italy lost the provinces of
Fiume,
Pola and
Zara, and part of the provinces of
Trieste and
Gorizia.
Moreover, the province of Trieste was occupied by
United States and
British forces. The Italian Republic therefore had 91 provinces at its birth. The province of Ionio was renamed as
Taranto in 1951, and in 1954 the
province of Trieste was returned to Italy.
Recent history
The
Province of Pordenone
The province of Pordenone ( it, provincia di Pordenone; ; vec, provincia de Pordenon) was a province in the autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia in Italy. Its capital was the city of Pordenone. The province was subdivided from the province ...
was created in 1968, the
province of Isernia in 1970, and the
Province of Oristano in 1974.
In a reorganization in 1992 eight provinces were created:
Verbano-Cusio-Ossola,
Biella,
Lecco,
Lodi,
Rimini,
Prato
Prato ( , ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, Italy, the capital of the Province of Prato. The city lies in the north east of Tuscany, at the foot of Monte Retaia, elevation , the last peak in the Calvana chain. With more than 200,000 i ...
,
Crotone
Crotone (, ; nap, label= Crotonese, Cutrone or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Calabria, Italy. Founded as the Achaean colony of Kroton ( grc, Κρότων or ; la, Crotona) in Magna Graecia, it was known as Cotrone from the Middle Ages until ...
, and
Vibo Valentia, while Forlì was renamed as
Forlì-Cesena.
Four new provinces were created in Sardinia in 2001, with effect from 2005:
Olbia-Tempio,
Ogliastra,
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* Arroyo del Medio in Argentina
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and
Carbonia-Iglesias The province of Carbonia-Iglesias (, ) was a provinces of Italy, province in the autonomous region of Sardinia, Italy. It included the historical area of Sulcis-Iglesiente and it was the smallest province of Sardinia. It is bordered by the provinces ...
. In 2004 three further provinces were created:
Monza and Brianza,
Fermo, and
Barletta-Andria-Trani, making a total of 110 provinces.
In May 2012, a referendum abolished the eight provinces of Sardinia, and this suppression was to take effect on 1 March 2013. On 6 July 2012, new plans were published to reduce the number of provinces by around half. In January 2014 the Sardinian Regional Administrative Court declared "unconstitutional" the abolition of the Sardinian provinces, which occurred in 2013.
In 2014 the Delrio Law transformed the Provinces of Italy in a reduced number of broader administrative entities.
[Called "enti territoriali di area vasta." See ]
In 2014 the
Friuli Venezia Giulia of
Debora Serracchiani was the first Italian region to pass a law for abolishing its provinces, while implementing the national reform in the local administrative level.
The Friuli region has multiplied four provinces in 18 unions of the Italian administrative unit called ''
Comune''. After rejection of the
2016 Italian constitutional referendum
A constitutional referendum was held in Italy on 4 December 2016. Voters were asked whether they approved a constitutional law that amends the Italian Constitution to reform the composition and powers of the Parliament of Italy, as well as the d ...
, the Provinces of Italy were still kept alive under provisions of the Delrio Constitutional Law to be merged in a smaller number of union of provinces.
Former provinces
Historical abolished provinces
*
Province of Aosta
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(Italian: ''Provincia di Aosta'') (1927–1945). Became the Autonomous Region of
Aosta Valley in 1948.
*Province of Terra di Lavoro (Italian: ''Provincia di Terra di Lavoro'') (1861–1927). It was divided into the current provinces of
Frosinone,
Latina and
Caserta.
Provinces of Istria, Kvarner and Dalmatia
*
Province of Zara (Italian: ''Provincia di Zara'') (1923–1947). Created after
World War I in
Dalmatia
Dalmatia (; hr, Dalmacija ; it, Dalmazia; see #Name, names in other languages) is one of the four historical region, historical regions of Croatia, alongside Croatia proper, Slavonia, and Istria. Dalmatia is a narrow belt of the east shore of ...
. Originally a small territory, it was greatly enlarged in 1941 during
World War II. It was a part of the
Governorship of Dalmatia
The Governorate of Dalmatia ( it, Governatorato di Dalmazia) was a territory divided into three provinces of Italy during the Italian Kingdom and Italian Empire epoch. It was created later as an entity in April 1941 at the start of World War I ...
. It remained nominally a part of the
Italian Social Republic
The Italian Social Republic ( it, Repubblica Sociale Italiana, ; RSI), known as the National Republican State of Italy ( it, Stato Nazionale Repubblicano d'Italia, SNRI) prior to December 1943 but more popularly known as the Republic of Salò ...
after the
Italian capitulation
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It was signed by Major General Walter Bedell Smith for the Allies and Brig ...
.
*
Province of Pola (Italian: ''Provincia di Pola'') (1923–1947). Created after World War I in
Istria
Istria ( ; Croatian language, Croatian and Slovene language, Slovene: ; ist, Eîstria; Istro-Romanian language, Istro-Romanian, Italian language, Italian and Venetian language, Venetian: ; formerly in Latin and in Ancient Greek) is the larges ...
. It was occupied by
Germany in September 1943 and it was administered as a part of the German
Operational Zone of the Adriatic Littoral.
*
Province of Fiume
The Province of Fiume (or Province of Carnaro) was a province of the Kingdom of Italy from 1924 to 1943, then under control of the Italian Social Republic and German Wehrmacht from 1943 to 1945. Its capital was the city of Fiume. It took the oth ...
(Italian: ''Provincia di Fiume'') (1924–1947). Created after World War I in
Kvarner. Enlarged during World War II. It was occupied by Germany in September 1943 and it was administered as a part of the German Operational Zone of the Adriatic Littoral.
Provinces established during World War II
*
Province of Ljubljana The Province of Ljubljana ( it, Provincia di Lubiana, sl, Ljubljanska pokrajina, german: Provinz Laibach) was the central-southern area of Slovenia. In 1941, it was annexed by Fascist Italy, and after 1943 occupied by Nazi Germany. Created on May ...
(Italian: ''Provincia di Lubiana'') (1941–1943). Created during
World War II. It was occupied by Germany in September 1943 and it was administered as a part of the German
Operation Zone of the Adriatic Littoral
The Operational Zone of the Adriatic Littoral (german: Operationszone Adriatisches Küstenland, OZAK; or colloquially: ''Operationszone Adria''; it, Zona d'operazioni del Litorale adriatico; hr, Operativna zona Jadransko primorje; sl, Operacijs ...
.
*
Province of Spalato (Italian: ''Provincia di Spalato'') (1941–1943). Created during World War II. It was a part of the
Governorship of Dalmatia
The Governorate of Dalmatia ( it, Governatorato di Dalmazia) was a territory divided into three provinces of Italy during the Italian Kingdom and Italian Empire epoch. It was created later as an entity in April 1941 at the start of World War I ...
. It was occupied by Germany in September 1943 and later annexed by the
Independent State of Croatia.
*
Province of Cattaro (Italian: ''Provincia di Cattaro'') (1941–1943). Created during World War II. It was a part of the Governorship of Dalmatia. It was occupied by Germany in September 1943 and partially annexed by the Independent State of Croatia.
Colonial provinces
*Province of
Rhodes (Italian: ''Provincia di Rodi'') (1923–1947) or
Italian Aegean Islands (Italian: ''Isole italiane dell'Egeo''). It remained nominally a part of the Italian Social Republic after the Italian capitulation.
*
Italian Libya was divided into four provinces and one territory (Southern Military Territory or
Territory of Saharan Libya). From 1939 onward the provinces were a part of metropolitan Italy.
**
Province of Tripoli (Italian: ''Provincia di Tripoli'') (1937–1943).
**
Province of Misurata (Italian: ''Provincia di Misurata'') (1937–1943).
**
Province of Benghazi (Italian: ''Provincia di Bengasi'') (1937–1943).
**
Province of Derna (Italian: ''Provincia di Derna'') (1937–1943).
Theoretical provinces
* Province of the
Western Alps (Italian: ''Provincia delle Alpi Occidentali''). Planned
World War II province to be created of the Italian-annexed French territories of the
Alpes Maritimes (including the
Principality of Monaco) and parts of
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence or sometimes abbreviated as AHP (; oc, Aups d'Auta Provença; ) is a department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of France, bordering Alpes-Maritimes and Italy to the east, Var to the south, Vaucluse to the west ...
,
Hautes Alpes and
Savoie.
The town of
Briançon (Italian: ''Brianzone'') was to act as the provincial capital.
* Province of
Corsica
Corsica ( , Upper , Southern ; it, Corsica; ; french: Corse ; lij, Còrsega; sc, Còssiga) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France. It is the fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of ...
(Italian: ''Provincia della Corsica''). Planned to be created after World War II
Axis powers victory, with
Petru Giovacchini as possible "Governor".
* Province of
Ragusa Ragusa is the historical name of Dubrovnik. It may also refer to:
Places Croatia
* the Republic of Ragusa (or Republic of Dubrovnik), the maritime city-state of Ragusa
* Cavtat (historically ' in Italian), a town in Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Cro ...
in
Dalmatia
Dalmatia (; hr, Dalmacija ; it, Dalmazia; see #Name, names in other languages) is one of the four historical region, historical regions of Croatia, alongside Croatia proper, Slavonia, and Istria. Dalmatia is a narrow belt of the east shore of ...
(Italian: ''Provincia di Ragusa di Dalmazia''). Planned World War II province to be created of the Italian-annexed Dalmatian territories that were areas of the ancient
Republic of Ragusa.
* Provinces in islands of Greece: ''Provincia delle Ionie''; ''Provincia delle Cicladi''; ''Provincia di Samo''. Planned World War II provinces to be created of the Italian-annexed islands of
Greece (
Ionian Islands,
Cyclades and
Samos).
Controversies
Provinces are often deemed useless, and many proposals have been made in recent years to eliminate them.
However, the difficulty of changing the
constitution and the opposition of groups of politicians and citizens halted any proposal of reform.
In 2013, during his speech to the Chamber of Deputies, newly appointed
Prime Minister Enrico Letta announced that a revision of the second part of the constitution was needed, in order to change the bicameral parliamentary system and to abolish the provinces. The proposal, presented during the
Renzi premiership, was rejected in the
constitutional referendum held in December 2016.
See also
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ISO 3166-2:IT
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Regions of Italy
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Metropolitan cities of Italy
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Municipalities of Italy
Notes
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Provinces Of Italy
Subdivisions of Italy
Provinces
Italy 2
Provinces, Italy
NUTS 2 statistical regions of the European Union