Provinces of Italy facts for kids
Italy is divided into 20 Regions (Regioni in Italian) and every Region is divided into Provinces. There are 110 provinces in Italy. Each province is headed by a President assisted by a representative body, the Provincial Council, and an executive body, the Provincial Executive.
The three main jobs of a province are:
- Local planning and zoning
- Provision of local police and fire services.
- Transportation regulation (car registration, maintenance of local roads, etc.)
List of Italian Provinces
| 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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Trend in number of provinces from 1861 to 2010
See also
In Spanish: Provincias de Italia para niños
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