province of Italy
Also known as provincia
administrative district of Italy
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A province of Italy is an administrative district that serves as a regional subdivision within the country, sitting between the national level and smaller local municipalities. Provinces matter because they organize territory for governance purposes and help coordinate services like transportation and public administration across their areas.
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- Provinces of Italy
- quantity
- 93
- native label
- provincia d'Italia
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- w3id.org/italia/onto/CLV/Province
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Provinces of Italy (grey borders), within Regions (solid borders) 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".
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 (which also exercises the powers of a province).