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| alt_name = | map = Regional state>Regionalised unitary stateItaly>Italian Republic| start_date = | current_number = 107| number_date = | population_range = 81,415 (Province of Isernia) – 4,231,451 (Metropolitan City of Rome Capital)212.50abbr=on}} (Province of Trieste) –{{Convertsqkm|abbr=on}} (Province of Sassari)Government of Italy>National GovernmentComune>Comuni}}(File:Italian regions provinces.svg|thumb|upright=1.7|Provinces of Italy (grey borders), within Regions (solid borders))The provinces of Italy () 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”.WEB,www.ilsole24ore.com/art/notizie/2014-04-03/addio-vecchie-provice-e-legge-ddl-delrio-144336.shtml?uuid=ABRoQ37, Addio alle vecchie province, è legge il Ddl Delrio, Il Sole 24 Ore, 3 April 2014, 15 August 2014, 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.WEB,agriregionieuropa.univpm.it/it/views/glossario_pac/nomenclatura%20delle%20unit%C3%A0%20%20territoriali%20statistiche%20%28Nuts%29, Glossario PAC, 28 April 2022, it,

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.WEB,elezioni.interno.it/l56_2014.html, Le elezioni, Dipartimento per gli affari interni e territoriali, 15 August 2014, 22 October 2017,elezioni.interno.it/l56_2014.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20171022032613elezioni.interno.it/l56_2014.html,">web.archive.org/web/20171022032613elezioni.interno.it/l56_2014.html, dead, 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 Aosta Valley region is not divided into provinces due to its size, but straight to the comune level.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,WEB,www.normattiva.it/uri-res/N2Ls?urn:nir:stato:legge:2014-04-07;56!vig, Legge 7 aprile 2014, n. 56, 26 November 2022, it, 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, called “metropolitan mayor”.There are 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).{{Clear}}

List of provinces

List

Note: the data is updated as of 1 January 2021{{mw-datatable}}{| class=“wikitable sortable mw-datatable” ! Type! Province! Capital! (ISO 3166-2:IT|Code)! Region! Macroregion! {{longitem|Population (2021)WEB,www.tuttitalia.it/province/superficie/, Province/Città Metropolitane per superficie, 29 April 2022, it, }}! {{longitem|Area}}! {{longitem|Pop. density(p/km²)}}! Comuni! Established {{AbbrFree municipal consortium}}Province of Agrigento>Agrigento AgrigentoAGSicilyInsular416,181{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}136431861 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Alessandria>Alessandria AlessandriaALPiedmontNorth-West409,392 {{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}1151871861 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Ancona>Ancona AnconaANMarcheCentre464,419{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}237471861 {{AbbrDisestablished province}}Aosta Valley>Aosta AostaAOAosta ValleyNorth-West124,089{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}38741927 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Arezzo>Arezzo ArezzoARTuscanyCentre336,501{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}104361861 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Ascoli Piceno>Ascoli Piceno Ascoli PicenoAPMarcheCentre203,425{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}166331861 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Asti>Asti AstiATPiedmontNorth-West209,390{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}1391181935 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Avellino>Avellino AvellinoAVCampaniaSouth402,929 {{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}1441181861 {{AbbrMetropolitan city}}Metropolitan City of Bari>Bari BariBAApuliaSouth1,230,158{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}318411861 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani>Barletta-Andria-Trani Barletta, Andria, TraniBTApuliaSouth381,091{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}247102004 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Belluno>Belluno BellunoBLVenetoNorth-East199,704{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}55611866 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Benevento>Benevento BeneventoBNCampaniaSouth266,716{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}128781861 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Bergamo>Bergamo BergamoBGLombardyNorth-West1,103,556{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}4012431861 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Biella>Biella BiellaBIPiedmontNorth-West170,724{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}187741992 {{AbbrMetropolitan city}}Metropolitan City of Bologna>Bologna BolognaBOEmilia-RomagnaNorth-East1,015,608{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}274551861 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Brescia>Brescia BresciaBSLombardyNorth-West1,255,709{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}2622051861 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Brindisi>Brindisi BrindisiBRApuliaSouth381,946{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}205201927 {{AbbrMetropolitan city}}Metropolitan City of Cagliari>Cagliari CagliariCASardiniaInsular421,488{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}338171861 {{AbbrFree municipal consortium}}Province of Caltanissetta>Caltanissetta CaltanissettaCLSicilyInsular253,688{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}119221861 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Campobasso>Campobasso CampobassoCBMoliseSouth212,879{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}73841861 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Caserta>Caserta CasertaCECampaniaSouth901,903{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}} 3401041861 {{AbbrMetropolitan city}}Metropolitan City of Catania>Catania CataniaCTSicilyInsular1,074,089{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}301581861 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Catanzaro>Catanzaro CatanzaroCZCalabriaSouth344,439{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}143801861 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Chieti>Chieti ChietiCHAbruzzoSouth375,215{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}1441041861 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Como>Como ComoCOLombardyNorth-West596,456{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}4661481861 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Cosenza>Cosenza CosenzaCSCalabriaSouth676,119{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}1011501861 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Cremona>Cremona CremonaCRLombardyNorth-West352,242{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}} 1991131861 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Crotone>Crotone CrotoneKRCalabriaSouth164,059{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}95271992 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Cuneo>Cuneo CuneoCNPiedmontNorth-West581,798{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}842471861 {{AbbrFree municipal consortium}}Province of Enna>Enna EnnaENSicilyInsular157,690{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}61201927 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Fermo>Fermo FermoFMMarcheCentre169,710{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}197402004 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Ferrara>Ferrara FerraraFEEmilia-RomagnaNorth-East342,061{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}130211861 {{AbbrMetropolitan city}}Metropolitan City of Florence>Florence FlorenceFITuscanyCentre998,431{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}284411861 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Foggia>Foggia FoggiaFGApuliaSouth602,394{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}86611861 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Forlì-Cesena>Forlì-Cesena ForlìFCEmilia-RomagnaNorth-East392,642{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}165301861 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Frosinone>Frosinone FrosinoneFRLazioCentre472,559{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}146911927 {{AbbrMetropolitan city}}Metropolitan City of Genoa>Genoa GenoaGELiguriaNorth-West823,612{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}449671861 {{AbbrRegional decentralization entity}}Province of Gorizia>Gorizia GoriziaGOFriuli-Venezia GiuliaNorth-East139,070{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}293251923 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Grosseto>Grosseto GrossetoGRTuscanyCentre217,846{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}48281861 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Imperia>Imperia ImperiaIMLiguriaNorth-West209,244{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}181661861 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Isernia>Isernia IserniaISMoliseSouth81,415{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}} 53521970 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of L’Aquila>L’Aquila L’AquilaAQAbruzzoSouth290,811{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}581081861 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of La Spezia>La Spezia La SpeziaSPLiguriaNorth-West215,887{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}245321924 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Latina>Latina LatinaLTLazioCentre566,224{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}251331934 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Lecce>Lecce LecceLEApuliaSouth776,230{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}277961861 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Lecco>Lecco LeccoLCLombardyNorth-West333,569{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}414841992 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Livorno>Livorno LivornoLITuscanyCentre328,996{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}271191861 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Lodi>Lodi LodiLOLombardyNorth-West227,343 {{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}} 290601992 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Lucca>Lucca LuccaLUTuscanyCentre383,957{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}216331861 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Macerata>Macerata MacerataMCMarcheCentre307,410{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}111551861 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Mantua>Mantua MantuaMNLombardyNorth-West406,061{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}173641866 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Massa-Carrara>Massa-Carrara MassaMSTuscanyCentre189,836{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}164171861 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Matera>Matera MateraMTBasilicataSouth192,640{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}55311927 {{AbbrMetropolitan city}}Metropolitan City of Messina>Messina MessinaMESicilyInsular603,980{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}} 1851081861 {{AbbrMetropolitan city}}Metropolitan City of Milan>Milan MilanMILombardyNorth-West3,241,813{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}2,0581331861 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Modena>Modena ModenaMOEmilia-RomagnaNorth-East703,696{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}262471861 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Monza and Brianza>Monza and Brianza MonzaMBLombardyNorth-West870,113{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}2,146552004 {{AbbrMetropolitan city}}Metropolitan City of Naples>Naples NaplesNACampaniaSouth2,986,745{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}2,533921861 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Novara>Novara NovaraNOPiedmontNorth-West362,925 {{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}} 271871861 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Nuoro>Nuoro NuoroNUSardiniaInsular201,517{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}} 36741927 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Oristano>Oristano OristanoORSardiniaInsular152,418{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}51871974 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Padua>Padua PaduaPDVenetoNorth-East932,629{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}4351021866 {{AbbrMetropolitan city}}Metropolitan City of Palermo>Palermo PalermoPASicilyInsular1,208,819{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}} 241821861 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Parma>Parma ParmaPREmilia-RomagnaNorth-East449,628{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}130441861 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Pavia>Pavia PaviaPVLombardyNorth-West535,801{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}1801861861 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Perugia>Perugia PerugiaPGUmbriaCentre645,506{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}} 102591861 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Pesaro and Urbino>Pesaro and Urbino PesaroPUMarcheCentre353,272{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}138501861 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Pescara>Pescara PescaraPEAbruzzoSouth313,882{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}255461927 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Piacenza>Piacenza PiacenzaPCEmilia-RomagnaNorth-East283,742{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}110461861 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Pisa>Pisa PisaPITuscanyCentre417,983{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}171371861 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Pistoia>Pistoia PistoiaPTTuscanyCentre290,245{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}301201927 {{AbbrRegional decentralization entity}}Province of Pordenone>Pordenone PordenonePNFriuli-Venezia GiuliaNorth-East310,634{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}137501968 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Potenza>Potenza PotenzaPZBasilicataSouth352,490{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}531001861 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Prato>Prato PratoPOTuscanyCentre265,269 {{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}72571992 {{AbbrFree municipal consortium}}Province of Ragusa>Ragusa RagusaRGSicilyInsular314,910{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}194121927 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Ravenna>Ravenna RavennaRAEmilia-RomagnaNorth-East386,643{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}208181861 {{AbbrMetropolitan city}}Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria>Reggio Calabria Reggio CalabriaRCCalabriaSouth523,791{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}163971861 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Reggio Emilia>Reggio Emilia Reggio EmiliaREEmilia-RomagnaNorth-East527,140{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}230421861 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Rieti>Rieti RietiRILazioCentre151,335 {{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}55 731927 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Rimini>Rimini RiminiRNEmilia-RomagnaNorth-East337,777{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}390271992 {{AbbrMetropolitan city}}Metropolitan City of Rome Capital>Rome RomeRMLazioCentre4,231,451{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}7891211870 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Rovigo>Rovigo RovigoROVenetoNorth-East230,763{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}127501866 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Salerno>Salerno SalernoSACampaniaSouth1,065,967{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}2151581861 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Sassari>Sassari SassariSSSardiniaInsular476,357{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}62921861 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Savona>Savona SavonaSVLiguriaNorth-West269,752{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}174691927 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Siena>Siena SienaSITuscanyCentre263,801{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}69351861 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Sondrio>Sondrio SondrioSOLombardyNorth-West178,798{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}56771861 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of South Sardinia>South Sardinia CarboniaSUSardiniaInsular338,264{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}521072016 {{AbbrAutonomous province}}| South Tyrol BolzanoBZTrentino-South TyrolNorth-East534,912{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}721161927 {{AbbrFree municipal consortium}}Province of Syracuse>Syracuse SyracuseSRSicilyInsular386,071{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}182211861 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Taranto>Taranto TarantoTAApuliaSouth561,958{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}228291924 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Teramo>Teramo TeramoTEAbruzzoSouth301,104{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}154471861 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Terni>Terni TerniTRUmbriaCentre219,946{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}103331927 {{AbbrFree municipal consortium}}Province of Trapani>Trapani TrapaniTPSicilyInsular418,277{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}169251861 {{AbbrAutonomous province}}Trentino>Trento TrentoTNTrentino-South TyrolNorth-East542,166{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}871661923 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Treviso>Treviso TrevisoTVVenetoNorth-East880,417{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}355941866 {{AbbrRegional decentralization entity}}Province of Trieste>Trieste TriesteTSFriuli-Venezia GiuliaNorth-East230,689{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}1,08661923 {{AbbrMetropolitan city}}Metropolitan City of Turin>Turin TurinTOPiedmontNorth-West2,219,206{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}} 3253121861 {{AbbrRegional decentralization entity}}Province of Udine>Udine UdineUDFriuli-Venezia GiuliaNorth-East521,117{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}1051341866 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Varese>Varese VareseVALombardyNorth-West880,093{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}7341381927 {{AbbrMetropolitan city}}Metropolitan City of Venice>Venice VeniceVEVenetoNorth-East843,545{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}341441866 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola>Verbano-Cusio-Ossola VerbaniaVBPiedmontNorth-West154,926{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}69741992 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Vercelli>Vercelli VercelliVCPiedmontNorth-West166,584{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}80821927 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Verona>Verona VeronaVRVenetoNorth-East927,810{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}300981866 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Vibo Valentia>Vibo Valentia Vibo ValentiaVVCalabriaSouth152,193{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}146501992 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Vicenza>Vicenza VicenzaVIVenetoNorth-East854,962{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}3141141866 {{AbbrOrdinary province}}Province of Viterbo>Viterbo ViterboVTLazioCentre308,830{{convertkm2abbr=on|disp=br()}}85601927 class=“sortbottom“! Total! Italy! —! —! —! —! align=right|59,236,213WEB,www.tuttitalia.it/italia/, Italia, 1 May 2022, it, ! align=right|{{convert|302,068.26|km2|sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br()}}! align=right|196! align=center|7,904! —

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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).WEB,www.unionesarda.it/Articoli/Articolo/274564, Province, inizia il conto alla rovescia Gli enti scompariranno a febbraio 2013 - Cronache dalla Sardegna - L’Unione Sarda, Unionesarda.it, 17 August 2001, 4 February 2013,www.unionesarda.it/Articoli/Articolo/274564," title="archive.today/20121205083747www.unionesarda.it/Articoli/Articolo/274564,">archive.today/20121205083747www.unionesarda.it/Articoli/Articolo/274564, 5 December 2012, dead, In January 2014 the Sardinian Regional Administrative Court declared “unconstitutional” the abolition of the Sardinian provinces, which occurred in 2013.WEB,www.giurdanella.it/2014/01/10/riordino-province-incostituzionale-secondo-il-tar-sardegna/, Riordino province, incostituzionale secondo il TAR Sardegna, Giurdanella.it, 10 January 2014, 15 August 2014, In 2016, Sardinian provinces were reformed by Sardinia regional executive: Cagliari became a metropolitan city; the provinces Olbia-Tempio, Ogliastra, Medio Campidano and Carbonia-Iglesias were abolished.WEB,www.regione.sardegna.it/j/v/25?s=306981&v=2&c=348&t=1, Enti locali: approvato nuovo assetto territoriale e nominati amministratori straordinari, Autonomous Region of Sardinia, 20 April 2016, 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.WEB,www.lanuovasardegna.it/regione/2016/06/01/news/carbonia-diventa-capoluogo-della-provincia-del-sud-sardegna-1.13581422, Carbonia diventa capoluogo della provincia del Sud Sardegna, La Nuova Sardegna, 1 June 2016,
• Sicily — provinces were replaced by six free municipal consortia in 2013 and three metropolitan cities in 2015.Legge 24 marzo 2014, n. 8. Gazzetta Ufficiale della Regione Siciliana (in Italian). Published 28 March 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
• Friuli-Venezia Giulia — in 2016, the regional council of Friuli-Venezia Giulia approved a law which abolished the four provinces that formed the region, and replaced them by 18 territorial unions of municipalities.WEB,www.consiglio.regione.fvg.it/cms/hp/informazioni/0072.html, Soppressione delle province del Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Autonomous Region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, 14 December 2016, 23 January 2018, 12 January 2018,www.consiglio.regione.fvg.it/cms/hp/informazioni/0072.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20180112062623www.consiglio.regione.fvg.it/cms/hp/informazioni/0072.html,">web.archive.org/web/20180112062623www.consiglio.regione.fvg.it/cms/hp/informazioni/0072.html, dead, In 2019, the regional council of Friuli-Venezia Giulia rebranded the four provinces as the four regional decentralization entities, with their own competences, powers, and capital.Legge regionale 29 novembre 2019, n. 21. Friuli-Venezia Giulia: Leggi e regolamenti (in Italian). Published 29 November 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
• Metropolitan cities — in 2015, 14 metropolitan cities replaced the provinces of Bari, Bologna, Cagliari, Catania, Florence, Genoa, Messina, Milan, Naples, Palermo, Reggio Calabria, Rome, Turin, and Venice.

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Maps

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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, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol and Lazio were not included in the kingdom.In 1866, following the Third Independence War, territories of Veneto, Friuli and Mantua were annexed. There were therefore nine more provinces: Belluno, Mantua, Padua, Rovigo, Treviso, Venice, 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 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.

Interwar period

(File:Kingdom of Italy 1942 with provinces.svg|thumb|upright=1.5|Provinces of Italy in 1942 during World War II)In 1927, after 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, Bolzano, Gorizia, Pistoia, Pescara, Rieti, Terni, Viterbo, Frosinone, Brindisi, Matera, Ragusa, 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, while in 1931 Bari delle Puglie became Bari. Province of Littoria (Latina) was created in 1934, and the Province of Asti 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.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 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, 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 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, Crotone, 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, Medio Campidano and Carbonia-Iglesias. In 2004 three further provinces were created: Monza and Brianza, Fermo, and Barletta-Andria-Trani, making a total of 110 provinces.{| class=“wikitable collapsible floatright” style="min-width:200px;text-align:center“|+ Number of provinces! width=50% | Year! width=50% | Provinces ! 1861| 59 ! 1866| 68 ! 1870| 69! 1923| 75 ! 1924| 76 ! 1927| 92 ! 1934| 93 ! 1935| 94 ! 1941| 95 ! 1944| 94 ! 1945| 93 ! 1947| 91 ! 1954| 92 ! 1968| 93 ! 1970| 94 ! 1974| 95 ! 1992| 103 ! 2001| 107 ! 2004| 110 ! 2016| 107In 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.WEB, Redazione Online,www.corriere.it/economia/12_luglio_06/spending-review-province-difesa-scuole-online_9244d148-c782-11e1-96dc-1183a294894f.shtml, Spending review, province ridotte del 50% Patroni Griffi:«L’accorpamento è una svolta, Corriere.it, 4 February 2013, In January 2014 the Sardinian Regional Administrative Court declared “unconstitutional” the abolition of the Sardinian provinces, which occurred in 2013.In 2014 the Delrio LawJOURNAL,www.gazzettaufficiale.it/eli/id/2014/4/7/14G00069/sg, Legge 7 aprile 2014, n. 56, April 7, 2014, it, April 20, 2021, Gazzetta Ufficiale, transformed the provinces of Italy in a reduced number of broader administrative entities.Called “enti territoriali di area vasta.” See WEB,www.provinceditalia.it/lattuazione-della-legge-56-in-ambito-regionale/, L’attuazione della legge 56 in ambito regionale, 5 February 2016, The implementation of Law n. 56 in the Italian regions, it, April 20, 2021,archive.today/20210126051351/https://www.provinceditalia.it/lattuazione-della-legge-56-in-ambito-regionale/, January 26, 2021, live, 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.WEB,www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2019/05/05/province-dalla-riforma-rattazzi-a-quella-di-renzi-storia-dellente-simbolo-della-casta-che-nessuno-riesce-ad-abolire/5149071/8/, Dal Friuli alla Sicilia: il caos nelle regioni, May 5, 2019, April 20, 2021, it, Il Fatto Quotidiano, After rejection of the 2016 Italian constitutional referendum, 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.WEB,www.camera.it/temiap/documentazione/temi/pdf/1104880.pdf, 2, it, Città metropolitane e provincewebsite=Chamber of Deputies (Italy)>archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819104236www.camera.it/temiap/documentazione/temi/pdf/1104880.pdfurl-status=live,

Former provinces

Historical abolished provinces

• Province of Aosta (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. Originally a small territory, it was greatly enlarged in 1941 during World War II. It was a part of the Governorship of Dalmatia. It remained nominally a part of the Italian Social Republic after the Italian capitulation.
• Province of Pola (Italian: Provincia di Pola) (1923–1947). Created after World War I in Istria. 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 (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

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• Province of Ljubljana (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.
• Province of Spalato (Italian: Provincia di Spalato) (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 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

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• 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

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• 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, Hautes Alpes and Savoie.BOOK, Fascism’s European empire: Italian occupation during the Second World War, Davide Rodogno, Cambridge University Press, 0-521-84515-7, 2006, 89–92, The town of Briançon (Italian: Brianzone) was to act as the provincial capital.
• Province of Corsica (Italian: Provincia della Corsica). Planned to be created after World War II Axis powers victory, with Petru Giovacchini as possible “Governor”.
• Province of Ragusa in Dalmatia (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

File:ITALIAN PROVINCES.png|thumb|Provinces as proposed by the Monti CabinetMonti CabinetProvinces are often deemed useless by its critics, and many proposals have been made in the 2010s to eliminate them.NEWS, Lombardo contro le Province “È giunto il momento di abolirle”,palermo.repubblica.it/cronaca/2011/07/26/news/lombardo_contro_le_province_giunto_il_momento_di_abolirle-19645694/index.html?ref=search, 21 November 2011, la Repubblica, 26 July 2011, NEWS, Pareggio di bilancio in Costituzione dal 2014 Addio Province (escluse Trento e Bolzano),www.repubblica.it/politica/2011/09/08/news/abolizione_province-21374995/index.html?ref=search, 21 November 2011, la Repubblica, 8 September 2011, NEWS, Più di un milione di persone a libro paga della Politica Spa,www.repubblica.it/politica/2011/07/18/news/pi_di_un_milione_di_persone_a_libro_paga_della_politica_spa-19258883/index.html?ref=search, 21 November 2011, la Repubblica, 18 July 2011, The difficulty of changing the Constitution of Italy and the opposition of groups of politicians and citizens halted any proposal of reform.NEWS, Il presidente della Provincia di Varese “Via le Regioni come Molise e Umbria”,milano.repubblica.it/cronaca/2011/07/16/news/il_presidente_della_provincia_di_varese_via_le_regioni_come_molise_e_umbria-19212648/index.html?ref=search, 21 November 2011, la Repubblica, 16 July 2011, WEB, Fabrizzi, Federica, LA PROVINCIA: STORIA ISTITUZIONALE DELL’ENTE LOCALE PIÙ DISCUSSO.,federalismi.it/ApplOpenFilePDF.cfm?artid=9658&dpath=document&dfile=02042008153138.pdf&content=La+Provincia:+storia+istituzionale+dell%E2%80%99ente+locale+pi%C3%B9+discusso.+-+autonomie+locali+-+dottrina+-+, federalismi.it, 21 November 2011, In 2013, during his speech to the Chamber of Deputies, Enrico Letta, the newly appointed Prime Minister of Italy, 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 government, was rejected in the 2016 Italian constitutional referendum held on 4 December.

See also

• (ISO 3166-2:IT)
• Regions of Italy
• Metropolitan cities of Italy
• Municipalities of Italy

Notes

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References

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External links

• {{Commons category-inline|Provinces of Italy}}

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