Provinces of Italy
Second-level administrative divisions of the Italian Republic / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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) |
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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]