Province of Siena


The province of Siena is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Siena. It has 259,826 inhabitants.
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Geography

The province is divided into seven historical areas:
The area is a hilly one: in the north is Colline del Chianti; Monte Amiata is the highest point at ; and in the south is Monte Cetona. To the west are the Colline Metallifere, whilst the Valdichiana lies to east.
Historically, the province corresponds to the northeastern portion of the former Republic of Siena.
The chief occupations are agricultural and silk culture. The wine known as Chianti is produced here as well as in other parts of Tuscany: the Chianti Colli Senesi, however, is limited to this province.
Apart from the city of Siena the principal towns are Poggibonsi, Colle di Val d'Elsa, Montepulciano, Chiusi, and San Gimignano.

Municipalities

There are 35 municipalities '' in the province.
The 10 most populous municipalities as of 2025 are:
MunicipalityPopulation
Siena52,991
Poggibonsi28,124
Colle di Val d'Elsa21,668
Montepulciano13,073
Sinalunga12,072
Monteriggioni9,942
Sovicille9,845
Monteroni d'Arbia9,017
Castelnuovo Berardenga8,889
Chiusi8,142

This is the complete list of municipalities in the province of Siena:

Government

The Province of Siena is an administrative body of intermediate level between a municipality and Tuscany region.
The three main functions devolved to the province of Siena are:
As an administrative institution, the province of Siena has its own elected bodies. From 1945 to 1995 the President of the province of Siena was chosen by the members of the Provincial Council, elected every five years by citizens. From 1995 to 2014, under provisions of the 1993 local administration reform, the President of the Province was chosen by popular election, originally every four, then every five years.
On 3 April 2014, the Italian Chamber of Deputies gave its final approval to the Law n.56/2014 which involves the transformation of the Italian provinces into "institutional bodies of second level". 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 respectively every four and two years. The Executive is chaired by the President who appoint others members, called assessori. Since 2015, the President and other members of the Council do 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's Police in the province and his office is called questura. There is also a province's police force depending from local government, called provincial police.