Provinces of Italy facts for kids
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.
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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In Spanish: Provincias de Italia para niños
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