Provinces of Italy


The provinces of Italy are the second-level administrative divisions of the Italian Republic, on an intermediate level between a municipality and a region. Since 2015, provinces have been classified as "institutional bodies of second level".
There are currently 110 institutional bodies of second level in Italy, including 82 ordinary provinces, 2 autonomous provinces, 4 regional decentralization entities, 6 free municipal consortia, and 15 metropolitan cities, as well as the Aosta Valley region.
Italian provinces correspond to the NUTS 3 regions.

Overview

A province of the Italian Republic is composed of many municipalities. 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:
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 assisted by a legislative body, the Provincial Council, and an executive body, the Provincial Executive. President 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 who appoint others members, called assessor. Since 2015, the President and other members of the council will not receive a salary.
In each province, there is also a Prefect, a representative of the central government who heads an agency called prefettura-ufficio territoriale del governo. The Questor is the head of State Police in the province and his office is called questura. There is also a provincial police force depending from local government, called provincial police.
The Aosta Valley region is not divided into provinces due to its size, but straight to the comune level.
South Tyrol and Trentino are autonomous provinces, unlike all other provinces they have the same legislative powers as regions and are not subordinated to Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, the region they are part of.

Type

Based on the most recent legislation, contained in the law of 7 April 2014 n. 56, 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 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 Sicily and the Sardinian provinces are governed by extraordinary commissioners appointed by the respective regional administrations, the autonomous provinces of Trentino-Alto Adige each elect its own president, and finally, in Aosta Valley, the functions of the province are carried out by the regional administration.

List of provinces

List

Note: the data is updated as of 1 June 2025.
TypeProvinceCapitalCodeRegionMacroregionComuniEstablished
AgrigentoAgrigentoAGSicilyInsular416,181136431861
AlessandriaAlessandriaALPiedmontNorth-West409,3921151871861
AnconaAnconaANMarcheCentre464,419237471861
AostaAostaAOAosta ValleyNorth-West124,08938741927
ArezzoArezzoARTuscanyCentre336,501104361861
Ascoli PicenoAscoli PicenoAPMarcheCentre203,425166331861
AstiAstiATPiedmontNorth-West209,3901391181935
AvellinoAvellinoAVCampaniaSouth402,9291441181861
BariBariBAApuliaSouth1,230,158318411861
Barletta-Andria-TraniBarletta, Andria, TraniBTApuliaSouth381,091247102004
BellunoBellunoBLVenetoNorth-East199,70455611866
BeneventoBeneventoBNCampaniaSouth266,716128781861
BergamoBergamoBGLombardyNorth-West1,103,5564012431861
BiellaBiellaBIPiedmontNorth-West170,724187741992
BolognaBolognaBOEmilia-RomagnaNorth-East1,015,608274551861
BresciaBresciaBSLombardyNorth-West1,255,7092622051861
BrindisiBrindisiBRApuliaSouth381,946205201927
CagliariCagliariCASardiniaInsular542,470115721861
CaltanissettaCaltanissettaCLSicilyInsular253,688119221861
CampobassoCampobassoCBMoliseSouth212,87973841861
CasertaCasertaCECampaniaSouth901,9033401041861
CataniaCataniaCTSicilyInsular1,074,089301581861
CatanzaroCatanzaroCZCalabriaSouth344,439143801861
ChietiChietiCHAbruzzoSouth375,2151441041861
ComoComoCOLombardyNorth-West596,4564661481861
CosenzaCosenzaCSCalabriaSouth676,1191011501861
CremonaCremonaCRLombardyNorth-West352,2421991131861
CrotoneCrotoneKRCalabriaSouth164,05995271992
CuneoCuneoCNPiedmontNorth-West581,798842471861
EnnaEnnaENSicilyInsular157,69061201927
FermoFermoFMMarcheCentre169,710197402004
FerraraFerraraFEEmilia-RomagnaNorth-East342,061130211861
FlorenceFlorenceFITuscanyCentre998,431284411861
FoggiaFoggiaFGApuliaSouth602,39486611861
Forlì-CesenaForlìFCEmilia-RomagnaNorth-East392,642165301861
FrosinoneFrosinoneFRLazioCentre472,559146911927
Gallura North-East SardiniaOlbia and Tempio PausaniaSardiniaInsular158,92347262025
GenoaGenoaGELiguriaNorth-West823,612449671861
GoriziaGoriziaGOFriuli-Venezia GiuliaNorth-East139,070293251923
GrossetoGrossetoGRTuscanyCentre217,84648281861
ImperiaImperiaIMLiguriaNorth-West209,244181661861
IserniaIserniaISMoliseSouth81,41553521970
L'AquilaL'AquilaAQAbruzzoSouth290,811581081861
La SpeziaLa SpeziaSPLiguriaNorth-West215,887245321924
LatinaLatinaLTLazioCentre566,224251331934
LecceLecceLEApuliaSouth776,230277961861
LeccoLeccoLCLombardyNorth-West333,569414841992
LivornoLivornoLITuscanyCentre328,996271191861
LodiLodiLOLombardyNorth-West227,343290601992
LuccaLuccaLUTuscanyCentre383,957216331861
MacerataMacerataMCMarcheCentre307,410111551861
MantuaMantuaMNLombardyNorth-West406,061173641866
Massa-CarraraMassaMSTuscanyCentre189,836164171861
MateraMateraMTBasilicataSouth192,64055311927
Medio CampidanoSanluri and VillacidroSardiniaInsular90,69460282025
MessinaMessinaMESicilyInsular603,9801851081861
MilanMilanMILombardyNorth-West3,241,8132,0581331861
ModenaModenaMOEmilia-RomagnaNorth-East703,696262471861
Monza and BrianzaMonzaMBLombardyNorth-West870,1132,146552004
NaplesNaplesNACampaniaSouth2,986,7452,533921861
NovaraNovaraNOPiedmontNorth-West362,925271871861
NuoroNuoroNUSardiniaInsular201,51736741927
OgliastraLanusei and TortolìSardiniaInsular53,03231222025
OristanoOristanoORSardiniaInsular152,41851871974
PaduaPaduaPDVenetoNorth-East932,6294351021866
PalermoPalermoPASicilyInsular1,208,819241821861
ParmaParmaPREmilia-RomagnaNorth-East449,628130441861
PaviaPaviaPVLombardyNorth-West535,8011801861861
PerugiaPerugiaPGUmbriaCentre645,506102591861
Pesaro and UrbinoPesaroPUMarcheCentre353,272138501861
PescaraPescaraPEAbruzzoSouth313,882255461927
PiacenzaPiacenzaPCEmilia-RomagnaNorth-East283,742110461861
PisaPisaPITuscanyCentre417,983171371861
PistoiaPistoiaPTTuscanyCentre290,245301201927
PordenonePordenonePNFriuli-Venezia GiuliaNorth-East310,634137501968
PotenzaPotenzaPZBasilicataSouth352,490531001861
PratoPratoPOTuscanyCentre265,26972571992
RagusaRagusaRGSicilyInsular314,910194121927
RavennaRavennaRAEmilia-RomagnaNorth-East386,643208181861
Reggio CalabriaReggio CalabriaRCCalabriaSouth523,791163971861
Reggio EmiliaReggio EmiliaREEmilia-RomagnaNorth-East527,140230421861
RietiRietiRILazioCentre151,33555731927
RiminiRiminiRNEmilia-RomagnaNorth-East337,777390271992
RomeRomeRMLazioCentre4,231,4517891211870
RovigoRovigoROVenetoNorth-East230,763127501866
SalernoSalernoSACampaniaSouth1,065,9672151581861
SassariSassariSSSardiniaInsular314,57073662025
SavonaSavonaSVLiguriaNorth-West269,752174691927
SienaSienaSITuscanyCentre263,80169351861
SondrioSondrioSOLombardyNorth-West178,79856771861
South TyrolBolzanoBZTrentino-South TyrolNorth-East534,912721161927
Sulcis IglesienteCarbonia and IglesiasSardiniaInsular116,84178232025
SyracuseSyracuseSRSicilyInsular386,071182211861
TarantoTarantoTAApuliaSouth561,958228291924
TeramoTeramoTEAbruzzoSouth301,104154471861
TerniTerniTRUmbriaCentre219,946103331927
TrapaniTrapaniTPSicilyInsular418,277169251861
TrentoTrentoTNTrentino-South TyrolNorth-East542,166871661923
TrevisoTrevisoTVVenetoNorth-East880,417355941866
TriesteTriesteTSFriuli-Venezia GiuliaNorth-East230,6891,08661923
TurinTurinTOPiedmontNorth-West2,219,2063253121861
UdineUdineUDFriuli-Venezia GiuliaNorth-East521,1171051341866
VareseVareseVALombardyNorth-West880,0937341381927
VeniceVeniceVEVenetoNorth-East843,545341441866
Verbano-Cusio-OssolaVerbaniaVBPiedmontNorth-West154,92669741992
VercelliVercelliVCPiedmontNorth-West166,58480821927
VeronaVeronaVRVenetoNorth-East927,810300981866
Vibo ValentiaVibo ValentiaVVCalabriaSouth152,193146501992
VicenzaVicenzaVIVenetoNorth-East854,9623141141866
ViterboViterboVTLazioCentre308,83085601927
TotalItaly————59,236,2131967,904—