Provinces of Italy facts for kids

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Italy is divided into 20 main areas called Regions. Each Region is then split into smaller parts called Provinces. You can think of them like large counties or districts in other countries. There are 110 provinces in Italy.

Each province has a leader called a President. The President works with a group called the Provincial Council and a team called the Provincial Executive. Together, they make important decisions for the province.

Italian Provinces, after reform of Mario Monti's Government (the map does not include the updates of abolition of the provinces in Regions of Sicily and Sardinia)

What Do Provinces Do?
A Look at Italy's Provinces
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What Do Provinces Do?

Provinces have three main jobs that help the people living there:

Planning and Building: They help decide how land is used and where new buildings can be built. This helps towns grow in an organized way.
Local Services: They help manage important services like local police and fire departments. This keeps everyone in the province safe.
Roads and Cars: They are in charge of maintaining local roads and helping with things like car registration. This makes sure travel is smooth and organized.

A Look at Italy's Provinces

Here is a list of all the provinces in Italy. You can see their official code, their name, the Region they belong to, how many people live there, their size, and more!

ISTAT code	Province	ISO code	Administrative Region	Population	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)	Municipalities	President
084	Agrigento	AG	Sicily	454,002	3,042	149	43	Eugenio d'Orsi (MpA)
006	Alessandria	AL	Piedmont	440,613	3,559	124	190	Paolo Filippi (PD)
042	Ancona	AN	Marche	481,028	1,940	248	56	Patrizia Casagrande (PD)
007	Aosta	AO	Valle d'Aosta	128,230	3,263	39	74	Augusto Rollandin (UV)
051	Arezzo	AR	Tuscany	349,651	3,236	108	39	Roberto Vasai (PD)
044	Ascoli Piceno	AP	Marche	214,068	1,228	174	33	Piero Celani (PdL)
005	Asti	AT	Piedmont	221,687	1,515	146	118	Maria Teresa Armosino (PdL)
064	Avellino	AV	Campania	439,137	2,792	157	119	Cosimo Sibilia (PdL)
072	Bari	BA	Puglia	1,258,706	3,821	329	48	Francesco Schittulli (PdL)
110	Barletta-Andria-Trani	BT	Puglia	392,863	1,538	255	10	Francesco Ventola (PdL)
025	Belluno	BL	Veneto	213,474	3,676	58	69	Gianpaolo Bottacin (LN)
062	Benevento	BN	Campania	287,874	2,071	139	78	Aniello Cimitile (PD)
016	Bergamo	BG	Lombardy	1,098,740	2,723	404	244	Ettore Pirovano (LN)
096	Biella	BI	Piedmont	185,768	914	203	82	Roberto Simonetti (LN)
037	Bologna	BO	Emilia-Romagna	991,924	3,702	268	60	Beatrice Draghetti (PD)
021	Bolzano	BZ	Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol	507,657	7,400	69	116	Luis Durnwalder (SVP)
017	Brescia	BS	Lombardy	1,256,025	4,783	263	206	Daniele Molgora (LN)
074	Brindisi	BR	Puglia	403,229	1,839	219	20	Massimo Ferrarese (PD)
092	Cagliari	CA	Sardinia	563,180	4,570	123	71	Graziano Milia (PD)
085	Caltanissetta	CL	Sicily	271,729	2,124	128	22	Giuseppe Federico (MpA)
070	Campobasso	CB	Molise	231,086	2,910	79	84	Rosario De Matteis (PdL)
107	Carbonia-Iglesias	CI	Sardinia	129,840	1,495	87	23	Salvatore Cherchi (PD)
061	Caserta	CE	Campania	916,467	2,640	347	104	Domenico Zinzi (UdC)
087	Catania	CT	Sicily	1,090,101	3,553	307	58	Giuseppe Castiglione (PdL)
079	Catanzaro	CZ	Calabria	368,597	2,392	154	80	Wanda Ferro (PdL)
069	Chieti	CH	Abruzzo	397,123	2,588	153	104	Enrico Di Giuseppantonio (UdC)
013	Como	CO	Lombardy	594,988	1,288	462	160	Leonardo Carioni (LN)
078	Cosenza	CS	Calabria	734,656	6,650	110	155	Mario Oliverio (PD)
019	Cremona	CR	Lombardy	363,606	1,771	205	115	Massimiliano Salini (PdL)
101	Crotone	KR	Calabria	174,605	1,716	102	27	Stanislao Zurlo (PdL)
004	Cuneo	CN	Piedmont	592,303	6,902	86	250	Gianna Gancia (LN)
086	Enna	EN	Sicily	172,485	2,561	67	20	Giuseppe Monaco (PdL)
109	Fermo	FM	Marche	177,914	860	207	40	Fabrizio Cesetti (SEL)
038	Ferrara	FE	Emilia-Romagna	359,994	2,630	137	26	Marcella Zappaterra (PD)
048	Florence	FI	Tuscany	998,098	3,515	284	44	Andrea Barducci (PD)
071	Foggia	FG	Puglia	640,836	6,966	92	64	Antonio Pepe (PdL)
040	Forlì-Cesena	FC	Emilia-Romagna	395,489	2,376	166	30	Massimo Bulbi (PD)
060	Frosinone	FR	Lazio	498,167	3,243	154	91	Antonello Iannarilli (PdL)
010	Genoa	GE	Liguria	882,718	1,839	480	67	Alessandro Repetto (PD)
031	Gorizia	GO	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	142,407	466	306	25	Enrico Gherghetta (PD)
053	Grosseto	GR	Tuscany	228,157	4,501	51	28	Leonardo Marras (PD)
008	Imperia	IM	Liguria	222,648	1,156	193	67	Luigi Sappa (PdL)
094	Isernia	IS	Molise	88,694	1,528	58	52	Luigi Mazzuto (PdL)
011	La Spezia	SP	Liguria	223,516	881	254	32	Marino Fiasella (PD)
066	L'Aquila	AQ	Abruzzo	309,820	5,035	62	108	Antonio Del Corvo (PdL)
059	Latina	LT	Lazio	555,692	2,250	247	33	Armando Cusani (PdL)
075	Lecce	LE	Puglia	815,597	2,759	296	87	Antonio Maria Gabellone (PdL)
097	Lecco	LC	Lombardy	340,167	816	417	90	Daniele Nava (PdL)
049	Livorno	LI	Tuscany	342,955	1,211	283	20	Giorgio Kutufà (PD)
098	Lodi	LO	Lombardy	227,655	782	291	61	Pietro Foroni (LN)
046	Lucca	LU	Tuscany	393,795	1,773	222	35	Stefano Baccelli (PD)
043	Macerata	MC	Marche	325,362	2,774	117	50	Antonio Pettinari (UdC)
020	Mantua	MN	Lombardy	415,442	2,339	178	70	Alessandro Pastacci (PD)
045	Massa and Carrara	MS	Tuscany	203,901	1,157	176	17	Osvaldo Angeli (PD)
077	Matera	MT	Basilicata	203,726	3,447	59	31	Francesco Stella (PD)
106	Medio Campidano	VS	Sardinia	102,409	1,516	68	28	Fulvio Tocco (PD)
083	Messina	ME	Sicily	653,737	3,247	201	108	Nanni Ricevuto (PdL)
015	Milan	MI	Lombardy	3,156,694	1,575	2,004	134	Guido Podestà (PdL)
036	Modena	MO	Emilia-Romagna	700,913	2,689	261	47	Emilio Sabattini (PD)
108	Monza and Brianza	MB	Lombardy	849,636	405	2,098	55	Pietro Luigi Ponti (PD)
063	Naples	NA	Campania	3,080,873	1,171	2,631	92	Luigi Cesaro (PdL)
003	Novara	NO	Piedmont	371,802	1,339	278	88	Diego Sozzani (PdL)
091	Nuoro	NU	Sardinia	160,677	3,934	41	52	Roberto Deriu (PD)
105	Ogliastra	OG	Sardinia	57,965	1,854	31	23	Bruno Pilia (PD)
104	Olbia-Tempio	OT	Sardinia	157,859	3,399	46	26	Fedele Sanciu (PdL)
095	Oristano	OR	Sardinia	166,244	3,040	55	88	Massimiliano De Seneen (PdL)
028	Padua	PD	Veneto	934,216	2,143	436	104	Barbara Degani (PdL)
082	Palermo	PA	Sicily	1,249,577	4,992	250	82	Giovanni Avanti (UdC)
034	Parma	PR	Emilia-Romagna	442,120	3,450	128	47	Vincenzo Bernazzoli (PD)
018	Pavia	PV	Lombardy	548,307	2,965	185	190	Daniele Bosone (PD)
054	Perugia	PG	Umbria	671,821	6,332	106	59	Marco Vinicio Guasticchi (PD)
041	Pesaro and Urbino	PU	Marche	366,963	2,564	143	60	Matteo Ricci (PD)
068	Pescara	PE	Abruzzo	323,184	1,225	264	46	Guerino Testa (PdL)
033	Piacenza	PC	Emilia-Romagna	289,875	2,590	112	48	Massimo Trespidi (PdL)
050	Pisa	PI	Tuscany	417,782	2,445	171	39	Andrea Pieroni (PD)
047	Pistoia	PT	Tuscany	293,061	965	304	22	Federica Fratoni (PD)
093	Pordenone	PN	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	315,323	2,130	148	51	Alessandro Ciriani (PdL)
076	Potenza	PZ	Basilicata	383,791	6,549	59	100	Piero Lacorazza (PD)
100	Prato	PO	Tuscany	249,775	365	684	7	Lamberto Gestri (PD)
088	Ragusa	RG	Sicily	318,549	1,614	197	12	Giovanni Francesco Antoci (UdC)
039	Ravenna	RA	Emilia-Romagna	392,458	1,858	211	18	Claudio Casadio (PD)
080	Reggio Calabria	RC	Calabria	566,977	3,184	178	97	Giuseppe Raffa (PdL)
035	Reggio Emilia	RE	Emilia-Romagna	530,343	2,292	231	45	Sonia Masini (PD)
057	Rieti	RI	Lazio	160,467	2,750	58	73	Fabio Melilli (PD)
099	Rimini	RN	Emilia-Romagna	329,302	863	382	27	Stefano Vitali (PD)
058	Rome	RM	Lazio	4,194,068	5,352	784	121	Nicola Zingaretti (PD)
029	Rovigo	RO	Veneto	247,884	1,790	138	50	Tiziana Virgili (PD)
065	Salerno	SA	Campania	1,109,705	4,918	226	158	Edmondo Cirielli (PdL)
090	Sassari	SS	Sardinia	337,237	4,281	79	66	Alessandra Giudici (PD)
009	Savona	SV	Liguria	287,906	1,545	186	69	Angelo Vaccarezza (PdL)
052	Siena	SI	Tuscany	272,638	3,823	71	36	Simone Bezzini (PD)
014	Sondrio	SO	Lombardy	183,169	3,210	57	78	Massimo Sertori (LN)
089	Syracuse	SR	Sicily	404,271	2,108	192	21	Nicola Bono (PdL)
073	Taranto	TA	Puglia	580,028	2,436	238	29	Giovanni Florido (PD)
067	Teramo	TE	Abruzzo	312,239	1,948	160	47	Valter Catarra (PdL)
055	Terni	TR	Umbria	234,665	2,122	111	33	Feliciano Polli (PD)
081	Trapani	TP	Sicily	436,624	2,460	177	24	Girolamo Turano (UdC)
022	Trento	TN	Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol	529,457	6,203	85	217	Lorenzo Dellai (UpT)
026	Treviso	TV	Veneto	888,249	2,477	359	95	Leonardo Muraro (LN)
032	Trieste	TS	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	236,556	212	1,116	6	Maria Teresa Bassa Poropat (PD)
030	Udine	UD	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	541,522	4,904	110	136	Pietro Fontanini (LN)
001	Turin	TO	Piedmont	2,302,353	6,829	337	315	Antonio Saitta (PD)
012	Varese	VA	Lombardy	883,285	1,199	737	141	Dario Galli (LN)
027	Venice	VE	Veneto	863,133	2,461	351	44	Francesca Zaccariotto (LN)
103	Verbano-Cusio-Ossola	VB	Piedmont	163,247	2,256	72	77	Massimo Nobili (PdL)
002	Vercelli	VC	Piedmont	179,562	2,088	86	86	Carlo Riva Vercellotti (PdL)
023	Verona	VR	Veneto	920,158	3,120	295	98	Giovanni Miozzi (PdL)
102	Vibo Valentia	VV	Calabria	166,560	1,139	146	50	Francesco De Nisi (PD)
024	Vicenza	VI	Veneto	870,740	2,723	320	121	Attilio Schneck (LN)
056	Viterbo	VT	Lazio	320,294	3,614	89	60	Marcello Meroi (PdL)
Total	-	-	-	60,626,442	301,338	201	8,094	-

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This chart shows how the number of provinces in Italy changed from 1861 to 2010.

Provinces of Italy facts for kids

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What Do Provinces Do?

A Look at Italy's Provinces

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