Provinces of Italy
Provinces of Italy Province d'Italia (Italian) | |
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Category | Regionalised unitary state |
Location | Italian Republic |
Number | 107 |
Populations | 81,415 (Province of Isernia) – 4,231,451 (Metropolitan City of Rome Capital) |
Areas | 212.50 km2 (82.05 sq mi) (Province of Trieste) – 7,691.75 km2 (2,969.80 sq mi) (Province of Sassari) |
Government |
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Subdivisions |
The provinces of Italy (Italian: province d'Italia) are the second-level administrative divisions of the Italian Republic, on an intermediate level between a municipality (comune) and a region (regione). Since 2015, provinces have been classified as "institutional bodies of second level".[1]
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.[2]
Overview
A province of the Italian Republic is composed of many municipalities (comune). 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 assessori. Since 2015, the President (Commissioner) and other members of the council will not receive a salary.[3]
In each province, there is also a Prefect (
The Aosta Valley region is not divided into provinces due to its size, but straight to the comune level.
The
Type
Based on the most recent legislation, contained in the law of 7 April 2014 n. 56,[4] 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
List of provinces
List
Note: the data is updated as of 1 January 2021
Type | Province | Capital | Code | Region | Macroregion | Population (2021)[5]
|
Area
[5] |
Comuni[5] | Established | |
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F | Agrigento | Agrigento | AG | Sicily | Insular | 416,181 | 3,052.82 km2 (1,178.70 sq mi) |
136 | 43 | 1861 |
O | Alessandria | Alessandria | AL | Piedmont | North-West | 409,392 | 3,558.78 km2 (1,374.05 sq mi) |
115 | 187 | 1861 |
O | Ancona | Ancona | AN | Marche | Centre | 464,419 | 1,963.21 km2 (758.00 sq mi) |
237 | 47 | 1861 |
D | Aosta | Aosta | AO | Aosta Valley | North-West | 124,089 | 3,260.85 km2 (1,259.02 sq mi) |
38 | 74 | 1927 |
O | Arezzo | Arezzo | AR | Tuscany | Centre | 336,501 | 3,232.99 km2 (1,248.26 sq mi) |
104 | 36 | 1861 |
O | Ascoli Piceno | Ascoli Piceno | AP | Marche | Centre | 203,425 | 1,228.19 km2 (474.21 sq mi) |
166 | 33 | 1861 |
O | Asti | Asti | AT | Piedmont | North-West | 209,390 | 1,510.17 km2 (583.08 sq mi) |
139 | 118 | 1935 |
O | Avellino | Avellino | AV | Campania | South | 402,929 | 2,805.96 km2 (1,083.39 sq mi) |
144 | 118 | 1861 |
M | Bari | Bari | BA | Apulia | South | 1,230,158 | 3,862.73 km2 (1,491.41 sq mi) |
318 | 41 | 1861 |
O | Barletta-Andria-Trani | Trani
|
BT | Apulia | South | 381,091 | 1,542.93 km2 (595.73 sq mi) |
247 | 10 | 2004 |
O | Belluno | Belluno | BL | Veneto | North-East | 199,704 | 3,609.98 km2 (1,393.82 sq mi) |
55 | 61 | 1866 |
O | Benevento | Benevento | BN | Campania | South | 266,716 | 2,080.37 km2 (803.24 sq mi) |
128 | 78 | 1861 |
O | Bergamo | Bergamo | BG | Lombardy | North-West | 1,103,556 | 2,754.86 km2 (1,063.66 sq mi) |
401 | 243 | 1861 |
O | Biella | Biella | BI | Piedmont | North-West | 170,724 | 913.27 km2 (352.62 sq mi) |
187 | 74 | 1992 |
M | Bologna | Bologna | BO | Emilia-Romagna | North-East | 1,015,608 | 3,702.25 km2 (1,429.45 sq mi) |
274 | 55 | 1861 |
O | Brescia | Brescia | BS | Lombardy | North-West | 1,255,709 | 4,785.48 km2 (1,847.68 sq mi) |
262 | 205 | 1861 |
O | Brindisi | Brindisi | BR | Apulia | South | 381,946 | 1,861.33 km2 (718.66 sq mi) |
205 | 20 | 1927 |
M | Cagliari | Cagliari | CA | Sardinia | Insular | 421,488 | 1,248.66 km2 (482.11 sq mi) |
338 | 17 | 1861 |
F | Caltanissetta | Caltanissetta | CL | Sicily | Insular | 253,688 | 2,138.47 km2 (825.67 sq mi) |
119 | 22 | 1861 |
O | Campobasso | Campobasso | CB | Molise | South | 212,879 | 2,925.28 km2 (1,129.46 sq mi) |
73 | 84 | 1861 |
O | Caserta | Caserta | CE | Campania | South | 901,903 | 2,651.28 km2 (1,023.66 sq mi) |
340 | 104 | 1861 |
M | Catania | Catania | CT | Sicily | Insular | 1,074,089 | 3,573.51 km2 (1,379.74 sq mi) |
301 | 58 | 1861 |
O | Catanzaro | Catanzaro | CZ | Calabria | South | 344,439 | 2,415.41 km2 (932.60 sq mi) |
143 | 80 | 1861 |
O | Chieti | Chieti | CH | Abruzzo | South | 375,215 | 2,599.53 km2 (1,003.68 sq mi) |
144 | 104 | 1861 |
O | Como | Como | CO | Lombardy | North-West | 596,456 | 1,279.02 km2 (493.83 sq mi) |
466 | 148 | 1861 |
O | Cosenza | Cosenza | CS | Calabria | South | 676,119 | 6,709.62 km2 (2,590.60 sq mi) |
101 | 150 | 1861 |
O | Cremona | Cremona | CR | Lombardy | North-West | 352,242 | 1,770.41 km2 (683.56 sq mi) |
199 | 113 | 1861 |
O | Crotone | Crotone | KR | Calabria | South | 164,059 | 1,735.65 km2 (670.14 sq mi) |
95 | 27 | 1992 |
O | Cuneo | Cuneo | CN | Piedmont | North-West | 581,798 | 6,894.83 km2 (2,662.11 sq mi) |
84 | 247 | 1861 |
F | Enna | Enna | EN | Sicily | Insular | 157,690 | 2,574.67 km2 (994.09 sq mi) |
61 | 20 | 1927 |
O | Fermo | Fermo | FM | Marche | Centre | 169,710 | 862.75 km2 (333.11 sq mi) |
197 | 40 | 2004 |
O | Ferrara | Ferrara | FE | Emilia-Romagna | North-East | 342,061 | 2,627.38 km2 (1,014.44 sq mi) |
130 | 21 | 1861 |
M | Florence | Florence | FI | Tuscany | Centre | 998,431 | 3,513.65 km2 (1,356.63 sq mi) |
284 | 41 | 1861 |
O | Foggia | Foggia | FG | Apulia | South | 602,394 | 7,007.33 km2 (2,705.55 sq mi) |
86 | 61 | 1861 |
O | Forlì-Cesena | Forlì | FC | Emilia-Romagna | North-East | 392,642 | 2,378.32 km2 (918.27 sq mi) |
165 | 30 | 1861 |
O | Frosinone | Frosinone | FR | Lazio | Centre | 472,559 | 3,246.96 km2 (1,253.66 sq mi) |
146 | 91 | 1927 |
M | Genoa | Genoa | GE | Liguria | North-West | 823,612 | 1,833.75 km2 (708.01 sq mi) |
449 | 67 | 1861 |
R | Gorizia | Gorizia | GO | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | North-East | 139,070 | 475.40 km2 (183.55 sq mi) |
293 | 25 | 1923 |
O | Grosseto | Grosseto | GR | Tuscany | Centre | 217,846 | 4,503.17 km2 (1,738.68 sq mi) |
48 | 28 | 1861 |
O | Imperia | Imperia | IM | Liguria | North-West | 209,244 | 1,154.76 km2 (445.86 sq mi) |
181 | 66 | 1861 |
O | Isernia | Isernia | IS | Molise | South | 81,415 | 1,535.16 km2 (592.73 sq mi) |
53 | 52 | 1970 |
O | L'Aquila | L'Aquila | AQ | Abruzzo | South | 290,811 | 5,047.34 km2 (1,948.79 sq mi) |
58 | 108 | 1861 |
O | La Spezia | La Spezia | SP | Liguria | North-West | 215,887 | 881.38 km2 (340.30 sq mi) |
245 | 32 | 1924 |
O | Latina | Latina | LT | Lazio | Centre | 566,224 | 2,256.14 km2 (871.10 sq mi) |
251 | 33 | 1934 |
O | Lecce | Lecce | LE | Apulia | South | 776,230 | 2,798.88 km2 (1,080.65 sq mi) |
277 | 96 | 1861 |
O | Lecco | Lecco | LC | Lombardy | North-West | 333,569 | 805.60 km2 (311.04 sq mi) |
414 | 84 | 1992 |
O | Livorno | Livorno | LI | Tuscany | Centre | 328,996 | 1,213.52 km2 (468.54 sq mi) |
271 | 19 | 1861 |
O | Lodi | Lodi | LO | Lombardy | North-West | 227,343 | 782.97 km2 (302.31 sq mi) |
290 | 60 | 1992 |
O | Lucca | Lucca | LU | Tuscany | Centre | 383,957 | 1,774.04 km2 (684.96 sq mi) |
216 | 33 | 1861 |
O | Macerata | Macerata | MC | Marche | Centre | 307,410 | 2,779.31 km2 (1,073.10 sq mi) |
111 | 55 | 1861 |
O | Mantua | Mantua | MN | Lombardy | North-West | 406,061 | 2,341.35 km2 (904.00 sq mi) |
173 | 64 | 1866 |
O | Massa-Carrara | Massa | MS | Tuscany | Centre | 189,836 | 1,154.60 km2 (445.79 sq mi) |
164 | 17 | 1861 |
O | Matera | Matera | MT | Basilicata | South | 192,640 | 3,478.84 km2 (1,343.19 sq mi) |
55 | 31 | 1927 |
M | Messina | Messina | ME | Sicily | Insular | 603,980 | 3,266.07 km2 (1,261.04 sq mi) |
185 | 108 | 1861 |
M | Milan | Milan | MI | Lombardy | North-West | 3,241,813 | 1,575.49 km2 (608.30 sq mi) |
2,058 | 133 | 1861 |
O | Modena | Modena | MO | Emilia-Romagna | North-East | 703,696 | 2,687.88 km2 (1,037.80 sq mi) |
262 | 47 | 1861 |
O | Monza and Brianza | Monza | MB | Lombardy | North-West | 870,113 | 405.41 km2 (156.53 sq mi) |
2,146 | 55 | 2004 |
M | Naples | Naples | NA | Campania | South | 2,986,745 | 1,178.94 km2 (455.19 sq mi) |
2,533 | 92 | 1861 |
O | Novara | Novara | NO | Piedmont | North-West | 362,925 | 1,340.25 km2 (517.47 sq mi) |
271 | 87 | 1861 |
O | Nuoro | Nuoro | NU | Sardinia | Insular | 201,517 | 5,637.97 km2 (2,176.83 sq mi) |
36 | 74 | 1927 |
O | Oristano | Oristano | OR | Sardinia | Insular | 152,418 | 2,990.41 km2 (1,154.60 sq mi) |
51 | 87 | 1974 |
O | Padua | Padua | PD | Veneto | North-East | 932,629 | 2,144.12 km2 (827.85 sq mi) |
435 | 102 | 1866 |
M | Palermo | Palermo | PA | Sicily | Insular | 1,208,819 | 5,009.21 km2 (1,934.07 sq mi) |
241 | 82 | 1861 |
O | Parma | Parma | PR | Emilia-Romagna | North-East | 449,628 | 3,447.40 km2 (1,331.05 sq mi) |
130 | 44 | 1861 |
O | Pavia | Pavia | PV | Lombardy | North-West | 535,801 | 2,968.59 km2 (1,146.18 sq mi) |
180 | 186 | 1861 |
O | Perugia | Perugia | PG | Umbria | Centre | 645,506 | 6,336.99 km2 (2,446.73 sq mi) |
102 | 59 | 1861 |
O | Pesaro and Urbino | Pesaro | PU | Marche | Centre | 353,272 | 2,567.71 km2 (991.40 sq mi) |
138 | 50 | 1861 |
O | Pescara | Pescara | PE | Abruzzo | South | 313,882 | 1,230.29 km2 (475.02 sq mi) |
255 | 46 | 1927 |
O | Piacenza | Piacenza | PC | Emilia-Romagna | North-East | 283,742 | 2,585.76 km2 (998.37 sq mi) |
110 | 46 | 1861 |
O | Pisa | Pisa | PI | Tuscany | Centre | 417,983 | 2,444.82 km2 (943.95 sq mi) |
171 | 37 | 1861 |
O | Pistoia | Pistoia | PT | Tuscany | Centre | 290,245 | 964.16 km2 (372.26 sq mi) |
301 | 20 | 1927 |
R | Pordenone | Pordenone | PN | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | North-East | 310,634 | 2,275.35 km2 (878.52 sq mi) |
137 | 50 | 1968 |
O | Potenza | Potenza | PZ | Basilicata | South | 352,490 | 6,594.28 km2 (2,546.07 sq mi) |
53 | 100 | 1861 |
O | Prato | Prato | PO | Tuscany | Centre | 265,269 | 365.66 km2 (141.18 sq mi) |
725 | 7 | 1992 |
F | Ragusa | Ragusa | RG | Sicily | Insular | 314,910 | 1,623.91 km2 (627.00 sq mi) |
194 | 12 | 1927 |
O | Ravenna | Ravenna | RA | Emilia-Romagna | North-East | 386,643 | 1,859.39 km2 (717.91 sq mi) |
208 | 18 | 1861 |
M | Reggio Calabria | Reggio Calabria | RC | Calabria | South | 523,791 | 3,210.31 km2 (1,239.51 sq mi) |
163 | 97 | 1861 |
O | Reggio Emilia | Reggio Emilia | RE | Emilia-Romagna | North-East | 527,140 | 2,291.15 km2 (884.62 sq mi) |
230 | 42 | 1861 |
O | Rieti | Rieti | RI | Lazio | Centre | 151,335 | 2,750.24 km2 (1,061.87 sq mi) |
55 | 73 | 1927 |
O | Rimini | Rimini | RN | Emilia-Romagna | North-East | 337,777 | 865.01 km2 (333.98 sq mi) |
390 | 27 | 1992 |
M | Rome | Rome | RM | Lazio | Centre | 4,231,451 | 5,363.22 km2 (2,070.75 sq mi) |
789 | 121 | 1870 |
O | Rovigo | Rovigo | RO | Veneto | North-East | 230,763 | 1,819.86 km2 (702.65 sq mi) |
127 | 50 | 1866 |
O | Salerno | Salerno | SA | Campania | South | 1,065,967 | 4,954.05 km2 (1,912.77 sq mi) |
215 | 158 | 1861 |
O | Sassari | Sassari | SS | Sardinia | Insular | 476,357 | 7,691.75 km2 (2,969.80 sq mi) |
62 | 92 | 1861 |
O | Savona | Savona | SV | Liguria | North-West | 269,752 | 1,546.27 km2 (597.02 sq mi) |
174 | 69 | 1927 |
O | Siena | Siena | SI | Tuscany | Centre | 263,801 | 3,820.81 km2 (1,475.22 sq mi) |
69 | 35 | 1861 |
O | Sondrio | Sondrio | SO | Lombardy | North-West | 178,798 | 3,195.68 km2 (1,233.86 sq mi) |
56 | 77 | 1861 |
O | South Sardinia | Carbonia | SU | Sardinia | Insular | 338,264 | 6,530.67 km2 (2,521.51 sq mi) |
52 | 107 | 2016 |
A | South Tyrol | Bolzano | BZ | Trentino-South Tyrol | North-East | 534,912 | 7,397.86 km2 (2,856.33 sq mi) |
72 | 116 | 1927 |
F | Syracuse | Syracuse | SR | Sicily | Insular | 386,071 | 2,124.19 km2 (820.15 sq mi) |
182 | 21 | 1861 |
O | Taranto | Taranto | TA | Apulia | South | 561,958 | 2,467.33 km2 (952.64 sq mi) |
228 | 29 | 1924 |
O | Teramo | Teramo | TE | Abruzzo | South | 301,104 | 1,954.34 km2 (754.57 sq mi) |
154 | 47 | 1861 |
O | Terni | Terni | TR | Umbria | Centre | 219,946 | 2,127.23 km2 (821.33 sq mi) |
103 | 33 | 1927 |
F | Trapani | Trapani | TP | Sicily | Insular | 418,277 | 2,469.70 km2 (953.56 sq mi) |
169 | 25 | 1861 |
A | Trento | Trento | TN | Trentino-South Tyrol | North-East | 542,166 | 6,206.87 km2 (2,396.49 sq mi) |
87 | 166 | 1923 |
O | Treviso | Treviso | TV | Veneto | North-East | 880,417 | 2,479.80 km2 (957.46 sq mi) |
355 | 94 | 1866 |
R | Trieste | Trieste | TS | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | North-East | 230,689 | 212.50 km2 (82.05 sq mi) |
1,086 | 6 | 1923 |
M | Turin | Turin | TO | Piedmont | North-West | 2,219,206 | 6,826.91 km2 (2,635.88 sq mi) |
325 | 312 | 1861 |
R | Udine | Udine | UD | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | North-East | 521,117 | 4,969.23 km2 (1,918.63 sq mi) |
105 | 134 | 1866 |
O | Varese | Varese | VA | Lombardy | North-West | 880,093 | 1,198.24 km2 (462.64 sq mi) |
734 | 138 | 1927 |
M | Venice | Venice | VE | Veneto | North-East | 843,545 | 2,472.88 km2 (954.78 sq mi) |
341 | 44 | 1866 |
O | Verbano-Cusio-Ossola | Verbania | VB | Piedmont | North-West | 154,926 | 2,260.89 km2 (872.93 sq mi) |
69 | 74 | 1992 |
O | Vercelli | Vercelli | VC | Piedmont | North-West | 166,584 | 2,081.60 km2 (803.71 sq mi) |
80 | 82 | 1927 |
O | Verona | Verona | VR | Veneto | North-East | 927,810 | 3,096.28 km2 (1,195.48 sq mi) |
300 | 98 | 1866 |
O | Vibo Valentia | Vibo Valentia | VV | Calabria | South | 152,193 | 1,150.62 km2 (444.26 sq mi) |
146 | 50 | 1992 |
O | Vicenza | Vicenza | VI | Veneto | North-East | 854,962 | 2,722.45 km2 (1,051.14 sq mi) |
314 | 114 | 1866 |
O | Viterbo | Viterbo | VT | Lazio | Centre | 308,830 | 3,615.16 km2 (1,395.82 sq mi) |
85 | 60 | 1927 |
Total | Italy | — | — | — | — | 59,236,213[6] | 302,068.26 km2 (116,629.21 sq mi)[6] |
196[6] | 7,904[6] | — |
Data
- 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).[7] In January 2014 the Sardinian Regional Administrative Court declared "unconstitutional" the abolition of the Sardinian provinces, which occurred in 2013.[8] 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.[9] 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.[10]
- Sicily — provinces were replaced by six free municipal consortia in 2013 and three metropolitan cities in 2015.[11]
- 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.[12] 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.[13]
- 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.
Maps
History
National unification
In 1861, at the
In 1866, following the
After the
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
In 1927, after a
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:
Four new provinces were created in Sardinia in 2001, with effect from 2005:
Year | 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 | 107 |
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.[14] 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[15] transformed the provinces of Italy in a reduced number of broader administrative entities.[16]
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.[16] The Friuli region has multiplied four provinces in 18 unions of the Italian administrative unit called Comune.[17] 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.[18]
Former provinces
Historical abolished provinces
- Province of Aosta (Italian: Provincia di Aosta) (1927–1945). Became the Autonomous Region of Aosta Valleyin 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
- 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.
- 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
- Operation Zone of the Adriatic Littoral.
- 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
- Province of Italian Aegean Islands(Italian: Isole italiane dell'Egeo). It remained nominally a part of the Italian Social Republic after the Italian capitulation.
- 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
- 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
Provinces are often deemed useless by its critics, and many proposals have been made in the 2010s to eliminate them.[20][21][22] The difficulty of changing the Constitution of Italy and the opposition of groups of politicians and citizens halted any proposal of reform.[23][24]
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
- ^ Regio Decreto Legislativo n. 1/1927, 3 January 1927, "Riordinamento delle circoscrizioni provinciali"
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External links
- Media related to Provinces of Italy at Wikimedia Commons