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Italy is divided into 20 regions, which are subdivided into 110 provinces. The provinces have diminished functionality since 2015.

Italy is divided into 101 province (sing. provincia: provinces), 8 metropolitan cities, and Aosta, whose provincial functions are carried out by the regional government of Valle d'Aosta.

Province Typ HASC ISO CAP NUTS Population Area(km.²) Area(mi.²) Capital Adjective
Agrigento p IT.SC.AG AG 92 ITG14 446,837 3,043 1,175 Agrigento agrigentini
Alessandria p IT.PM.AL AL 15 ITC18 427,229 3,562 1,375 Alessandria alessandrini
Ancona p IT.MH.AN AN 60 ITI32 473,865 1,940 749 Ancona anconetani
Aosta r IT.VD.AO AO 11 ITC20 126,806 3,264 1,260 Aosta aostani
Arezzo p IT.TC.AR AR 52 ITI18 343,676 3,236 1,250 Arezzo aretini
Ascoli Piceno p IT.MH.AC AP 63 ITI34 210,407 1,227 474 Ascoli Piceno ascolani
Asti p IT.PM.AT AT 14 ITC17 217,573 1,511 584 Asti astigiani
Avellino p IT.CM.AV AV 83 ITF34 429,157 2,792 1,078 Avellino avellinesi
Bari m IT.PU.BB BA 70 ITF47 1,247,303 3,824 1,476 Bari baresi
Barletta-Andria-Trani p IT.PU.BT BT 76 ITF48 391,723 1,532 591 Andria, Barletta, Trani
Belluno p IT.VN.BL BL 32 ITH33 210,001 3,679 1,420 Belluno bellunesi
Benevento p IT.CM.BN BN 82 ITF32 284,900 2,071 800 Benevento beneventani
Bergamo p IT.LM.BG BG 24 ITC46 1,086,277 2,725 1,052 Bergamo bergamaschi
Biella p IT.PM.BI BI 13 ITC13 182,192 915 353 Biella biellesi
Bologna m IT.ER.BO BO 40 ITH55 976,243 3,703 1,430 Bologna bolognesi
Bolzano p IT.TT.BZ BZ 39 ITH10 504,643 7,403 2,858 Bolzano bolzanini
Brescia p IT.LM.BS BS 25 ITC47 1,238,044 4,784 1,847 Brescia bresciani
Brindisi p IT.PU.BR BR 72 ITF44 400,801 1,840 710 Brindisi brindisini
Cagliari p IT.SD.CG CA 09 ITG27 550,580 4,570 1,764 Cagliari cagliaritani
Caltanissetta p IT.SC.CL CL 93 ITG15 273,099 2,124 820 Caltanissetta nisseni
Campobasso p IT.ML.CB CB 86 ITF22 226,419 2,910 1,124 Campobasso campobassani
Carbonia-Iglesias p IT.SD.CI CI 09 ITG2C 128,540 1,495 577 Carbonia, Iglesias carboniensi
Caserta p IT.CM.CE CE 81 ITF31 904,921 2,640 1,019 Caserta casertani
Catania p IT.SC.CT CT 95 ITG17 1,078,766 3,553 1,372 Catania catanesi
Catanzaro p IT.LB.CZ CZ 88 ITF63 359,841 2,392 924 Catanzaro catanzaresi
Chieti p IT.AB.CH CH 66 ITF14 387,956 2,590 1,000 Chieti teatini
Como p IT.LM.CO CO 22 ITC42 586,735 1,289 498 Como comaschi
Cosenza p IT.LB.CS CS 87 ITF61 714,030 6,652 2,569 Cosenza cosentini
Cremona p IT.LM.CR CR 26 ITC4A 357,623 1,771 684 Cremona cremonesi
Crotone p IT.LB.KR KR 88 ITF62 170,803 1,717 663 Crotone crotoniati
Cuneo p IT.PM.CN CN 12 ITC16 586,378 6,906 2,666 Cuneo cuneesi
Enna p IT.SC.EN EN 94 ITG16 173,451 2,562 989 Enna ennesi
Fermo p IT.MH.FM FM 63 ITI35 174,857 861 332 Fermo
Ferrara p IT.ER.FE FE 44 ITH56 353,481 2,633 1,017 Ferrara ferraresi
Florence m IT.TC.FI FI 50 ITI14 973,145 3,515 1,357 Florence fiorentini
Foggia p IT.PU.FA FG 71 ITF46 626,072 6,959 2,687 Foggia foggiani
Forl�-Cesena p IT.ER.FO FC 47 ITH58 390,738 2,377 918 Forl� forlivesi
Frosinone p IT.LZ.FR FR 03 ITI45 492,661 3,245 1,253 Frosinone frusinati
Genoa m IT.LG.GE GE 16 ITC33 855,834 1,840 710 Genoa genovesi
Gorizia p IT.FV.GO GO 34 ITH43 140,143 466 180 Gorizia goriziani
Grosseto p IT.TC.GR GR 58 ITI1A 220,564 4,504 1,739 Grosseto grossetani
Imperia p IT.LG.IM IM 18 ITC31 214,502 1,157 447 Imperia imperiesi
Isernia p IT.ML.IS IS 86 ITF21 87,241 1,530 591 Isernia isernini
L'Aquila p IT.AB.AQ AQ 67 ITF11 298,343 5,036 1,944 L'Aquila aquilani
La Spezia p IT.LG.SP SP 19 ITC34 219,330 881 340 La Spezia spezzini
Latina p IT.LZ.LT LT 04 ITI44 544,732 2,251 869 Latina latinensi
Lecce p IT.PU.LE LE 73 ITF45 802,018 2,760 1,066 Lecce leccesi
Lecco p IT.LM.LC LC 23 ITC43 336,310 817 315 Lecco lecchesi
Livorno p IT.TC.LI LI 57 ITI16 335,247 1,212 468 Livorno livornesi
Lodi p IT.LM.LO LO 26 ITC49 223,755 782 302 Lodi lodigiani
Lucca p IT.TC.LU LU 55 ITI12 388,327 1,774 685 Lucca lucchesi
Macerata p IT.MH.MC MC 62 ITI33 319,607 2,775 1,071 Macerata maceratesi
Mantua p IT.LM.MN MN 46 ITC4B 408,336 2,340 903 Mantua mantovani
Massa-Carrara p IT.TC.MS MS 54 ITI11 199,650 1,157 447 Massa massesi
Matera p IT.BC.MT MT 75 ITF52 200,101 3,450 1,332 Matera materani
Medio Campidano p IT.SD.MD VS 09 ITG2B 101,256 1,516 585 Sanluri, Villacidro
Messina p IT.SC.ME ME 98 ITG13 649,824 3,248 1,254 Messina messinesi
Milan m IT.LM.MA MI 20 ITC4C 3,038,420 1,593 615 Milan milanesi
Modena p IT.ER.MO MO 41 ITH54 685,777 2,689 1,038 Modena modenesi
Monza e Brianza p IT.LM.MZ MB 20 ITC4D 840,129 388 150 Monza
Naples m IT.CM.NA NA 80 ITF33 3,054,956 1,172 452 Naples napoletani
Novara p IT.PM.NO NO 28 ITC15 365,559 1,339 517 Novara novaresi
Nuoro p IT.SD.NR NU 08 ITG26 159,197 3,934 1,519 Nuoro nuoresi
Ogliastra p IT.SD.OG OG 08 ITG2A 57,329 1,854 716 Lanusei, Tortol�
Olbia-Tempio p IT.SD.OT OT 07 ITG29 150,501 3,399 1,312 Olbia, Tempio Pausania olbiesi
Oristano p IT.SD.ON OR 09 ITG28 163,916 3,040 1,174 Oristano oristanesi
Padua p IT.VN.PD PD 35 ITH36 921,361 2,142 827 Padua padovani
Palermo p IT.SC.PA PA 90 ITG12 1,243,585 4,993 1,928 Palermo palermitani
Parma p IT.ER.PR PR 43 ITH52 427,434 3,450 1,332 Parma parmigiani
Pavia p IT.LM.PV PV 27 ITC48 535,822 2,967 1,145 Pavia pavesi
Perugia p IT.UM.PG PG 06 ITI21 655,844 6,336 2,446 Perugia perugini
Pesaro e Urbino p IT.MH.PS PU 61 ITI31 362,583 2,893 1,117 Pesaro pesaresi
Pescara p IT.AB.PE PE 65 ITF13 314,661 1,226 473 Pescara pescaresi
Piacenza p IT.ER.PC PC 29 ITH51 284,616 2,590 1,000 Piacenza piacentini
Pisa p IT.TC.PI PI 56 ITI17 411,190 2,446 944 Pisa pisani
Pistoia p IT.TC.PT PT 51 ITI13 287,866 965 373 Pistoia pistoiesi
Pordenone p IT.FV.PN PN 33 ITH41 310,811 2,274 878 Pordenone pordenonesi
Potenza p IT.BC.PZ PZ 85 ITF51 377,935 6,551 2,529 Potenza potentini
Prato p IT.TC.PO PO 59 ITI15 245,916 366 141 Prato pratesi
Ragusa p IT.SC.RG RG 97 ITG18 307,492 1,614 623 Ragusa ragusani
Ravenna p IT.ER.RA RA 48 ITH57 384,761 1,859 718 Ravenna ravennati
Reggio di Calabria p IT.LB.RC RC 89 ITF65 550,967 3,185 1,230 Reggio di Calabria reggini
Reggio nell'Emilia p IT.ER.RE RE 42 ITH53 517,316 2,293 885 Reggio nell'Emilia reggiani
Rieti p IT.LZ.RI RI 02 ITI42 155,164 2,750 1,062 Rieti reatini
Rimini p IT.ER.RN RN 47 ITH59 321,769 534 206 Rimini riminesi
Rome m IT.LZ.RM RM 00 ITI43 3,997,465 5,353 2,067 Rome romani
Rovigo p IT.VN.RO RO 45 ITH37 242,349 1,791 691 Rovigo rodigini
Salerno p IT.CM.SA SA 84 ITF35 1,092,876 4,919 1,899 Salerno salernitani
Sassari p IT.SD.SX SS 07 ITG25 328,043 4,282 1,653 Sassari sassaresi
Savona p IT.LG.SV SV 17 ITC32 281,028 1,546 597 Savona savonesi
Siena p IT.TC.SI SI 53 ITI19 266,621 3,821 1,475 Siena senesi
Sondrio p IT.LM.SO SO 23 ITC44 180,814 3,212 1,240 Sondrio sondriesi
Syracuse p IT.SC.SR SR 96 ITG19 399,933 2,109 814 Syracuse siracusani
Taranto p IT.PU.TA TA 74 ITF43 584,649 2,437 941 Taranto tarantini
Teramo p IT.AB.TE TE 64 ITF12 306,349 1,949 752 Teramo teramani
Terni p IT.UM.TR TR 05 ITI22 228,424 2,123 820 Terni ternani
Trapani p IT.SC.TP TP 91 ITG11 429,917 2,461 950 Trapani trapanesi
Trento p IT.TT.TN TN 38 ITH20 524,832 6,209 2,397 Trento trentini
Treviso p IT.VN.TV TV 31 ITH34 876,790 2,477 956 Treviso trevigiani
Trieste p IT.FV.TS TS 34 ITH44 232,601 212 82 Trieste triestini
Turin m IT.PM.TO TO 10 ITC11 2,247,780 6,833 2,638 Turin torinesi
Udine p IT.FV.UD UD 33 ITH42 535,430 4,907 1,894 Udine udinesi
Varese p IT.LM.VA VA 21 ITC41 871,886 1,199 463 Varese varesini
Venice p IT.VN.VE VE 30 ITH35 846,962 2,462 951 Venice veneziani
Verbano-Cusio-Ossola p IT.PM.VB VB 28 ITC14 160,264 2,256 871 Verbania verbanesi
Vercelli p IT.PM.VC VC 13 ITC12 176,941 2,089 807 Vercelli vercellesi
Verona p IT.VN.VR VR 37 ITH31 900,542 3,121 1,205 Verona veronesi
Vibo Valentia p IT.LB.VV VV 88 ITF64 163,409 1,140 440 Vibo Valentia vibonesi
Vicenza p IT.VN.VI VI 36 ITH32 859,205 2,723 1,051 Vicenza vicentini
Viterbo p IT.LZ.VT VT 01 ITI41 312,864 3,613 1,395 Viterbo viterbesi
110 divisions 59,433,744 301,252 116,319
Province: Names are given in their common English form, where that differs from the Italian. Typ: province, metropolitan city, or region. HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes. ISO: Codes from ISO 3166-2 (see note below). CAP: Codici di Avviamento Postale (postal codes). Italy has a system of five-digit postal codes.The first two digits are constant within each province. (In a few cases, two or more provincesuse the same first two digits.) NUTS: Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, a European standard. The first fourcharacters of the NUTS code for each province are the NUTS code for the region to which theprovince belongs. Population: 2011-10-09 census. Adjective: Masculine plural adjective for inhabitants of the provincial capital, or the province asa whole.

Note: ISO province codes as of 2010-02-03 are the same as sigle automobilistiche, except for that of Rome. Its sigla isROMA. Sigle automobilistiche, or sigle de provenienza (vehicle codes, provenance codes) are used in Italy on license plates, maps, forms, etc. For more historical background, see source [5].

Territorial extent:

  1. Any province in Sardinia region lies mainly on the island of Sardinia, although it may include other nearby islands. The same is true of Sicily.
  2. Agrigento includes the Pelagian Islands: Lampedusa, Linosa, and the tiny islet of Lampione.
  3. Arezzo includes an exclave within Pesaro e Urbino, which consequently is also an exclave of Tuscany region within Marche. It's part of Badia Tedalda commune.
  4. Benevento includes an exclave within Avellino, constituting the commune of Pannarano.
  5. Cagliari includes the islands of Sant' Ant�oco and San Pietro.
  6. Caltanissetta includes an exclave within Palermo, constituting the commune of Resuttano.
  7. Como includes a small exclave within the canton of Ticino, Switzerland, constituting the commune of Campione d'Italia.
  8. Enna includes a tiny exclave within Caltanissetta.
  9. Foggia includes the Tremiti islands: San Domino, San Nicola, Caprara, Pianosa, etc.
  10. Gorizia includes islands in the Laguna di Grado, as far west as the inlet of Porto Buso.
  11. Grosseto includes the islands of Giglio, Giannutri, and the Formiche di Grosseto.
  12. Latina includes the islands of Ponza, Palmarola, Ventot�ne, Zamone, and other nearby islands.
  13. Livorno includes most of the Tuscan Archipelago, including the islands of Elba, Capraia, Montecristo, Pianosa, and Gorgona.
  14. Matera includes an exclave within Potenza, part of Tric�rico commune.
  15. Messina includes the Aeolian (Lipari) Islands, of which the largest are Lipari, Salina, Vulcano, Stromboli, Filicudi, Alicudi, and Panarea.
  16. Milan includes an exclave of Lentate sul Severo, surrounded by Como and Monza e Brianza.
  17. Naples includes the islands of Ischia, Capri, Pr�cida, and other nearby islands.
  18. Oristano includes the island of Mal di Ventre.
  19. Palermo includes an exclave within Agrigento, part of Bisacquino commune.
  20. Perugia includes an exclave within Pesaro e Urbino (which consequently is also an exclave of Umbria region within Marche), part of Citt� di Castello commune.
  21. Rimini includes a tiny exclave within Pesaro e Urbino (and barely touching San Marino; consequently also an exclave of Emilia-Romagna region within Marche), part of Verucchio commune.
  22. Sassari includes neighboring islands such as Asinara, Maddalena, Caprera, Spargi, Tavolara, Molara, Santo Stefano, Santa Maria, R�zzoli, and Budelli.
  23. Terni includes an exclave on the border between Perugia and Siena, part of Fabro commune.
  24. Trapani includes the islands of Pantelleria, Mar�ttimo, and the �gadi islands (Favignana, L�vanzo, etc.).
  25. Udine includes islands in the Laguna di Marano, as far east as Santa Andrea.
  26. Viterbo includes a small exclave on the border between Rieti and Terni, part of Gallese commune.

Origins of names:

  1. Alessandria: after Pope Alexander III
  2. Ancona: Ancient Greek ankon: bent arms, for the shape of two promontories
  3. Aosta: Latin Augusta pr�toria Salassorum. It was a colony founded by emperor Augustus to house his pretorian guard, in the land of the Salassi.
  4. Avellino: Latin Abellinum: pertaining to Abella, a city in Campania
  5. Bari: possibly from Ancient Greek baris: fortified house
  6. Benevento: named Maleventum prior to 268 B.C., when it was changed to Beneventum (Latin bene: good, eventum: fortune); however, Maleventum probably came from mal: height, not malus: bad
  7. Bolzano: possibly from Bautianum: Bautius's plantation
  8. Brindisi: brention: stag's head
  9. Cagliari: Greek Karalis, from pre-Indo-European kar: rock
  10. Caltanissetta: diminutive of Caltanissa, said to be from Arabic Kal`at: castle, an-Nisa': of women
  11. Campobasso: Italian for low field
  12. Caserta: Italian casa: house, erta: elevated, for a castle overlooking it
  13. Crotone: possibly from Ancient Greek kroton: castor-oil plant
  14. Cuneo: Latin cuneus: corner (between the Gesso and Stura Rivers)
  15. Ferrara: probably Latin ferraria: iron smithy
  16. Florence: from Latin Florentia: flowering place
  17. Foggia: Italian dialect for ditch
  18. Forl�: Latin forum Livii: city of Livius (Roman consul Marcus Livius Salinator)
  19. Gorizia: Slovenian Gorica: little mountain
  20. Grosseto: possibly place of the grossi (type of fig trees)
  21. Imperia: after the river Impero; created in 1923 by the union of Porto Maurizio and Oneglia
  22. L'Aquila: Italian for "the eagle"
  23. Latina: renamed from Littoria in 1945 to avoid Fascist overtones; located in northern Latium
  24. Lodi: Latin Laude Pompeia: mention of Pompey, after Cneius Pompeius Strabo
  25. Macerata: Latin for pis�, or rammed earth, because that method of construction was used
  26. Messina: after the Greek region of Messinia, because of colonists from there
  27. Milan: Gallic medio: middle, lanon: inhabited place, through Latin Mediolanum
  28. Modena: possibly from Etruscan mutna: tomb
  29. Naples: Ancient Greek nea: new, polis: city
  30. Padua: probably from Padus, the Latin name of the Po River
  31. Palermo: Ancient Greek pan: all, hormos: anchorage (i.e. good harbor)
  32. Pescara: Medieval Latin piscaria: fish market
  33. Piacenza: Latin placentia: pleasure
  34. Pisa: possibly pre-Indo-European pisa: wetland
  35. Pistoia: from Latin pistor: grinder of grain
  36. Ravenna: possibly pre-Indo-European rava: torrent
  37. Syracuse: named for a swamp
  38. Trapani: Ancient Greek drepanon: scythe, for the shape of a promontory
  39. Trieste: probably from an Indo-European root meaning market
  40. Turin: Latin Augusta Taurinorum, from the ethnic name Taurini
  41. Venetia, Venice: land of the Veneti (ethnic name)

Change history:

The 1911 edition of the Encyclop�dia Britannica said, "The kingdom is divided into 69 provinces, 284 regions, of which 197 are classed as circondarii and 87 as districts (the latter belonging to the province of Mantua and the 8 provinces of Venetia), 1806 administrative divisions (mandamenti) and 8262 communes. These were the figures at the date of the census. [Most likely this refers to the 1901 census.] In 1906 there were 1805 mandamenti and 8290 communes, and 4 boroughs in Sardinia not connected with communes." The following table is taken from the same source, although it only shows 68 provinces.

Province Pop-1881 Pop-1901 Area(mi.²) Region
Alessandria 729,710 825,745 1,950 Piedmont
Ancona 267,338 308,346 762 Marches
Aquila degli Abruzzi 353,027 436,367 2,484 Abruzzi and Molise
Arezzo 238,744 275,588 1,273 Tuscany
Ascoli Piceno 209,185 251,829 796 Marches
Avellino 392,619 421,766 1,172 Campania
Bari delle Puglie 679,499 837,683 2,065 Apulia
Belluno 174,140 214,803 1,293 Venetia
Benevento 238,425 265,460 818 Campania
Bergamo 390,775 467,549 1,098 Lombardy
Bologna 464,879 529,619 1,448 Emilia
Brescia 471,568 541,765 1,845 Lombardy
Cagliari 420,635 486,767 5,204 Sardinia
Caltanisetta 266,379 329,449 1,263 Sicily
Campobasso 365,434 389,976 1,691 Abruzzi and Molise
Caserta 714,131 805,345 2,033 Campania
Catania 563,457 703,598 1,917 Sicily
Catanzaro 433,975 498,791 2,030 Calabria
Chieti 343,948 387,604 1,138 Abruzzi and Molise
Cosenza 451,185 503,329 2,568 Calabria
Cremona 302,097 3,594,304 1,695 Lombardy
Cuneo 635,400 670,504 2,882 Piedmont
Ferrara 230,807 270,558 1,012 Emilia
Florence 790,776 945,324 2,265 Tuscany
Foggia 356,267 421,115 2,688 Apulia
Forli 251,110 283,996 725 Emilia
Genoa 760,122 931,156 1,582 Liguria
Girgenti 312,487 380,666 1,172 Sicily
Grosseto 114,295 137,795 1,738 Tuscany
Lecce 553,298 705,382 2,623 Apulia
Leghorn 121,612 121,137 133 Tuscany
Lucca 284,484 329,986 558 Tuscany
Macerata 239,713 269,505 1,087 Marches
Mantua 295,728 315,448 912 Lombardy
Massa and Carrara 169,469 202,749 687 Tuscany
Messina 460,924 550,895 1,246 Sicily
Milan 1,114,991 1,450,214 1,223 Lombardy
Modena 279,254 323,598 987 Emilia
Naples 1,001,245 1,141,788 350 Campania
Novara 675,926 763,830 2,553 Piedmont
Padua 397,762 444,360 823 Venetia
Palermo 699,151 796,151 1,948 Sicily
Parma 267,306 303,694 1,250 Emilia
Pavia 469,831 504,382 1,290 Lombardy
Perugia 572,060 675,352 3,748 Umbria
Pesaro and Urbino 223,043 259,083 1,118 Marches
Piacenza 226,758 250,491 954 Emilia
Pisa 283,563 319,854 1,179 Tuscany
Porto Maurizio 132,251 144,604 455 Liguria
Potenza 524,504 491,558 3,845 Basilicata
Ravenna 218,359 234,656 715 Emilia
Reggio 244,959 281,085 876 Emilia
Reggio di Calabria 372,723 437,209 1,221 Calabria
Rome 903,472 1,142,526 4,663 Lazio
Rovigo 217,700 222,057 685 Venetia
Salerno 550,157 585,132 1,916 Campania
Sassari 261,367 309,026 4,090 Sardinia
Siena 205,926 233,874 1,471 Tuscany
Sondrio 120,534 130,966 1,232 Lombardy
Syracuse 341,526 433,796 1,442 Sicily
Teramo 254,806 312,188 1,067 Abruzzi and Molise
Trapani 283,977 373,569 948 Sicily
Treviso 375,704 416,945 960 Venetia
Turin 1,029,214 1,147,414 3,955 Piedmont
Udine 501,745 614,720 2,541 Venetia
Venice 356,708 399,823 934 Venetia
Verona 394,065 427,018 1,188 Venetia
Vicenza 396,349 453,621 1,052 Venetia
68 provinces 28,459,628 32,965,504 110,623
Pop-1881: 1881-12-31 census. Pop-1901: 1901-02-10 census. Region: Region to which the province belonged.

Note: the figures given in the source are consistent, with a few exceptions. The figures for Lombardy don't add up right. Specifically, the total of the areas of the provinces of Lombardy falls short of the correct area for the whole region by 91 mi.². The 1881 populations of the individual provinces fall short of the regional total by 515,050. The 1901 populations exceed the regional total by 2,670,529. Part of that discrepancy must be due to Cremona, which is unlikely to have grown almost twelve-fold in two decades. There's one other problem: the total of the populations by region for 1901 is 32,965,954, which is 450 more than the reported total.

  1. 1920-07-16: Treaty of Saint-Germain took effect. Territory was transferred from several provinces of the Austro-Hungarian Empire to Italy. The southern part of Tyrol province (about half) and a small part of Carinthia became Venezia Tridentina region, consisting of Trento province. Most of Coastland (K�stenland) province and the enclave of Zara in Dalmatia were annexed to Venezia region, becoming the provinces of Gorizia, Pola, and Trieste.
  2. 1920-11-12: Treaty of Rapallo signed, by which Fiume (Rijeka) became a free state, and Italy received two groups of Adriatic islands: in the north, Cherso (Cres), Lussin (Lošinj), and some smaller islands; in the south, Lagosta (Lastovo), Pelagosa (Palagruža), and others.
  3. 1923: Name of city and province of Porto Maurizio changed to Imperia. Name of Udine province, but not its capital, changed to Friuli.
  4. 1924-01-27: City of Fiume, and most of the Free State, annexed to Italy by treaty with Yugoslavia, becoming the province of Fiume in the region of Venezia.
  5. 1927: Nuoro province formed from parts of Cagliari and Sassari. Pistoia province split from Florence. Name of city and province of Girgenti changed to Agrigento. Name of city and province of Castrogiovanni changed to Enna.
  6. ~1927: Aosta province split from Turin. Bolzano province split from Trento. Brindisi and Taranto provinces split from Lecce. Castrogiovanni province formed from parts of Caltanissetta and Catania. Frosinone and Viterbo provinces split from Rome. La Spezia and Savona provinces split from Genoa. Matera province split from Potenza. Pescara province formed from parts of Chieti and Teramo. Ragusa province split from Syracuse. Rieti and Terni provinces split from Perugia; Rieti province transferred from Umbria region to Lazio. Varese province split from Como. Vercelli province split from Novara.
  7. 1934: Littoria province split from Rome.
  8. ~1937: Name of Taranto province, but not its capital, changed to Ionio.
  9. 1937: Name of Pola province, but not its capital, changed to Istria.
  10. 1938: Name of Massa-Carrara province, and its capital Massa, changed to Apuania.
  11. ~1939: Asti province split from Alessandria. Name of Fiume province, but not its capital, changed to Carnaro.
  12. ~1945: Massa city, Massa-Carrara, Taranto, and Udine provinces restored to their pre-war names. Name of Littoria city and province changed to Latina.
  13. 1945-09-07: Province of Valle d'Aosta abolished, and its powers transferred to the regional government.
  14. 1954-10-25: Zone A of Free Territory of Trieste annexed to Italy as the province of Trieste.
  15. ~1969: Pordenone province split from Udine.
  16. 1974-07-16: Oristano province formed from parts of Cagliari and Nuoro.
  17. ~1979: Isernia province split from Campobasso.
  18. 1992-03-06: Biella province split from Vercelli.
  19. 1992-03-27: Prato province split from Florence.
  20. 1996-01-01: New provinces created: Crotone and Vibo Valentia split from Catanzaro; Lecco formed from part of Como and smaller part of Bergamo; Lodi split from Milan; Rimini split from Forl�; Verbania split from Novara. Several of these had previously been circondari.
  21. 1999: Sigla of Pesaro e Urbino province changed from PS to PU.
  22. ~2000: Name of Forlì province changed to Forlì-Cesena, and its sigla changed from FO to FC; name of Verbania province changed to Verbano-Cusio-Ossola.
  23. 2001-07-12: Law passed, creating four new provinces in Sardinia region. Carbonia-Iglesias and Medio Campidano provinces split from Cagliari (former HASC code IT.CA). Ogliastra split from Nuoro (IT.NU). Olbia-Tempio formed from parts of Nuoro and Sassari (IT.SS). Parts of Nuoro transferred to Cagliari and Oristano (IT.OR). The new provinces became active following the elections of 2005-05-22 to 23. In earlier plans, Olbia-Tempio would have been named Gallura, and Carbonia-Iglesias would have been Sulcis-Iglesiente. Source [4] has a map of the changes.
  24. 2004-06-11: Three new provinces created. In Apulia region, Barletta-Andria-Trani was formed from parts of Bari (former HASC codeIT.BA; 2001 population, 1,559,662; area, 5,139 km.²) and Foggia (IT.FG, 690,992, 7,192). In Marche, Fermo was split from Ascoli-Piceno (IT.AP, 369,371, 2,089). In the Lombardy region, Monza e Brianza was split from Milan (IT.MI, 3,707,210, 1,985). Their creation was approved by the Chamber of Deputies on 2003-10-29; passed by the Senate on 2004-05-19 (2004-05-12 in the case of Monza e Brianza); signed by the President on 2004-06-11; and published in the Official Gazette on 2004-06-15. Barletta-Andria-Trani became active on 2009-06-08; Fermo on 2009-06-22; and Monza e Brianza on 2009-06-07.
  25. 2006-12: Sigla of Medio Campidano changed from the provisional MD to VS.
  26. 2009-08: Seven communes transferred from Pesaro e Urbino province to Rimini, and thus from Marche region to Emilia-Romagna: Casteldelci, Maiolo, Novafeltria, Pennabilli, San Leo, Sant'Agata Feltria, and Talamello.
  27. 2009-12-18: Five communes transferred from Milan province to Monza e Brianza: Busnago, Caponago, Cornate d'Adda, Lentate sul Seveso, and Roncello.
  28. 2015-01-01: Status of Bari, Bologna, Florence, Genoa, Milan, Naples, Rome, and Turin changed from provinces to metropolitan cities.

Other names of subdivisions:

  1. Agrigento: Agrigente (French); Girgenti (obsolete)
  2. Alessandria: Alejandr�a (Spanish); Alexandrie (French)
  3. Ancona: Anc�ne (French)
  4. Aosta: Aoste (French); Val d'Aosta, Valle d'Aosta (variant)
  5. Barletta-Andria-Trani: provincia dell'Ofanto (Italian-informal)
  6. Benevento: B�n�vent (French)
  7. Bergamo: Bergame (French)
  8. Bologna: Bologne (French); Bolonha (Portuguese); Bolonia (Spanish)
  9. Bolzano: Bozen, S�dtirol (German)
  10. Caserta: Caserte (French)
  11. Catania: Catane (French)
  12. Como: C�me (French)
  13. Cremona: Cr�mone (French)
  14. Cuneo: Coni (French)
  15. Ferrara: Ferrare (French)
  16. Florence: Firenze (Italian); Floren�a (Portuguese); Florencia (Spanish); Florens (Swedish); Florenz (German)
  17. Foggia: Capitanata (obsolete)
  18. Forli: Forl� (Italian)
  19. Genoa: G�nes (French); Genova (Italian); G�nova (Portuguese); G�nova (Spanish); Genua (Dutch, German, Swedish)
  20. Gorizia: G�rz (German)
  21. Imperia: Porto Maurizio (obsolete)
  22. L'Aquila: Aquila (variant)
  23. La Spezia: Spezia (variant)
  24. Latina: Littoria (obsolete)
  25. Livorno: Leghorn (obsolete); Liorna (Spanish); Livourne (French)
  26. Lucca: Lucques (French)
  27. Mantua: Mantoue (French); Mantova (Italian, Spanish, Swedish)
  28. Massa-Carrara: Apuania (obsolete); Massa-Carrare (French); Massa e Carrara (variant)
  29. Messina: Messine (French)
  30. Milan: Mailand (German); Milaan (Dutch); Mil�n (Spanish); Milano (Italian, Swedish); Mil�o (Portuguese)
  31. Modena: Mod�ne (French); M�dena (Spanish)
  32. Monza e Brianza: Monza e della Brianza (variant)
  33. Naples: Napels (Dutch); N�poles (Portuguese, Spanish); Napoli (Italian); Neapel (German, Swedish)
  34. Novara: Novare (French)
  35. Padua: Padoue (French); Padova (Italian, Swedish)
  36. Palermo: Palerme (French)
  37. Parma: Parme (French)
  38. Pavia: Pavie (French)
  39. Perugia: P�rouse (French); Per�gia (Portuguese)
  40. Pesaro e Urbino: Pesaro-et-Urbino (French); Pesaro-Urbino (variant); P�saro y Urbino (Spanish)
  41. Piacenza: Plaisance (French)
  42. Pisa: Pise (French)
  43. Ragusa: Raguse (French)
  44. Ravenna: R�vena (Spanish); Ravenne (French)
  45. Reggio di Calabria: Reggio Calabria (variant); Reggio de Calabre (French)
  46. Reggio nell'Emilia: Reggio d'�milie (French)
  47. Rome: Rom (Danish, German, Swedish); Roma (Italian, Portuguese, Spanish); Rooma (Finnish); Рим (Russian)
  48. Salerno: Salerne (French)
  49. Siena: Sienne (French)
  50. Syracuse: Siracusa (Italian, Spanish, Swedish); Syrakus (German)
  51. Taranto: Ionio (obsolete); Tarent (German); Tarente (French)
  52. Trento: Trente (French); Trient (German)
  53. Treviso: Tr�vise (French)
  54. Trieste: Triest (German)
  55. Turin: Torino (Italian); Turijn (Dutch); Turim (Portuguese)
  56. Udine: Friuli (obsolete)
  57. Venice: Venecia (Spanish); Venedig (German, Swedish); Venetsia (Finnish); Veneza (Portuguese); Venezia (Italian); Venise (French); Венеция (Russian)
  58. Verbano-Cusio-Ossola: Verbania (variant)
  59. Vercelli: Verceil (French)
  60. Verona: V�rone (French)
  61. Vicenza: Vicence (French)
  62. Viterbo: Viterbe (French)