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After [[World War I]], new territories were annexed to the country. The [[Province of Trento]] was created in 1920. Provinces of [[province of La Spezia|La Spezia]], [[province of Trieste|Trieste]] and [[province of Taranto|Ionio]] in 1923. <!--mentre la provincia di [[Porto Maurizio]] viene ridenominata [[provincia di Imperia]]. Già nel 1921, la provincia di [[Terra di Lavoro]] viene ridenominata [[provincia di Caserta]].--> |
After [[World War I]], new territories were annexed to the country. The [[Province of Trento]] was created in 1920. Provinces of [[province of La Spezia|La Spezia]], [[province of Trieste|Trieste]] and [[province of Taranto|Ionio]] in 1923. <!--mentre la provincia di [[Porto Maurizio]] viene ridenominata [[provincia di Imperia]]. Già nel 1921, la provincia di [[Terra di Lavoro]] viene ridenominata [[provincia di Caserta]].--> |
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In 1924 the new provinces of ''[[Province of Carnaro|Fiume]]'', di ''[[ |
In 1924 the new provinces of ''[[Province of Carnaro|Fiume]]'', di ''[[Province of Pola|Pola]]'' and ''[[Province of Zara|Zara]]'' were created, rising the total number of provinces in Italy to 76. |
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Following the annexion of [[Yugoslavia]] in 1941, the [[Province of Zara]] was enlarged and joined the [[Governatorate of Dalmatia]] (comprising the [[Province of Zara]], [[Province of Spalato|Spalato]] and [[Province of Cattaro|Cattaro]]), while in the occupied central part of today's [[Slovenia]] was created the new [[Province of Ljubljana|Provincia di Lubiana]]. |
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*Province of the Western Alps (Italian: ''Provincia delle Alpi Occidentali''). Planned WWII province to be created of the annexed French territories of the [[Alpes Maritimes]] (including the [[Principality of Monaco]]) and parts of [[Alpes-de-Haute-Provence]], [[Hautes Alpes]] and [[Savoie]].<ref name="rodogno">{{cite book|title=Fascism's European empire: Italian occupation during the Second World War|author=Davide Rodogno|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|isbn=0-521-84515-7|year=2006|pages=89–92}}</ref> The town of [[Briançon]] (Italian: ''Brianzone'') was to act as the provincial capital.<ref name="rodogno"/> |
*Province of the Western Alps (Italian: ''Provincia delle Alpi Occidentali''). Planned WWII province to be created of the annexed French territories of the [[Alpes Maritimes]] (including the [[Principality of Monaco]]) and parts of [[Alpes-de-Haute-Provence]], [[Hautes Alpes]] and [[Savoie]].<ref name="rodogno">{{cite book|title=Fascism's European empire: Italian occupation during the Second World War|author=Davide Rodogno|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|isbn=0-521-84515-7|year=2006|pages=89–92}}</ref> The town of [[Briançon]] (Italian: ''Brianzone'') was to act as the provincial capital.<ref name="rodogno"/> |
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* Province of Ragusa in Dalmatia (Italian: ''Provincia di Ragusa di Dalmazia''). Planned WWII province to be created of the annexed Dalmatian territories part of the ancient Republic of Ragusa. |
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==Controversies== |
==Controversies== |
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In Italy, a province (provincia) is an administrative division of intermediate level between a municipality (comune) and a region (regione).
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 in "institutional bodies of second level" and the birth of 10 special Metropolitan cities.[1] The reorganization of the Italian provinces will be operative by January 2015.
The new law which transforms the provinces is preliminary to their abolition, as a revision of the second part of the Italian Constitution is needed in order to change the current bicameral parliamentary system and to abolish.[2]
Overview
A province is composed of many municipalities (comune), and usually several provinces form a region. The region of Aosta Valley is the only exception, as that region is not subdivided into multiple provinces, and provincial functions are exercised by the region.
The three main functions devolved to provinces are:
- local planning and zoning;
- provision of local police and fire services;
- transportation regulation (car registration, maintenance of local roads, etc.).
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 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 assessori. Since 2015 the President and others members of the Council will not receive a salary.[3]
In each province there is also a Prefect (prefetto), a representative of the central government who heads an agency called prefettura-ufficio territoriale del governo. The Questor (questore) is the head of State's Police (Polizia di Stato) in the province and his office is called questura. There is also a province's police force depending from local government, called provincial police (polizia provinciale).
The Alto Adige and Trentino are autonomous provinces: unlike all other provinces they have the same legislative powers of regions and are not subordinated to the region they are part of, namely the region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol.
List of Italian Provinces
Prior to 2015
The table shows the current Italian provinces.
ISTAT code |
Province | ISO code |
Administrative Region |
Population |
Area (km²) |
Density (/km²) |
Municipalities |
President |
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084 | Agrigento | AG | Sicily | 454,002 | 3,042 | 149 | 43 | Eugenio d'Orsi (MpA) |
006 | Alessandria | AL | Piedmont | 440,613 | 3,559 | 124 | 190 | Paolo Filippi (PD) |
042 | Ancona | AN | Marche | 481,028 | 1,940 | 248 | 56 | Patrizia Casagrande (PD) |
007 | Aosta | AO | Valle d'Aosta | 128,230 | 3,263 | 39 | 74 | Augusto Rollandin (UV) |
051 | Arezzo | AR | Tuscany | 349,651 | 3,236 | 108 | 39 | Roberto Vasai (PD) |
044 | Ascoli Piceno | AP | Marche | 214,068 | 1,228 | 174 | 33 | Piero Celani (PdL) |
005 | Asti | AT | Piedmont | 221,687 | 1,515 | 146 | 118 | Maria Teresa Armosino (PdL) |
064 | Avellino | AV | Campania | 439,137 | 2,792 | 157 | 119 | Cosimo Sibilia (PdL) |
072 | Bari | BA | Puglia | 1,258,706 | 3,821 | 329 | 48 | Francesco Schittulli (PdL) |
110 | Barletta-Andria-Trani | BT | Puglia | 392,863 | 1,538 | 255 | 10 | Francesco Ventola (PdL) |
025 | Belluno | BL | Veneto | 213,474 | 3,676 | 58 | 69 | Gianpaolo Bottacin (LN) |
062 | Benevento | BN | Campania | 287,874 | 2,071 | 139 | 78 | Aniello Cimitile (PD) |
016 | Bergamo | BG | Lombardy | 1,098,740 | 2,723 | 404 | 244 | Ettore Pirovano (LN) |
096 | Biella | BI | Piedmont | 185,768 | 914 | 203 | 82 | Roberto Simonetti (LN) |
037 | Bologna | BO | Emilia-Romagna | 991,924 | 3,702 | 268 | 60 | Beatrice Draghetti (PD) |
021 | Bolzano[Note 1] | BZ | Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol | 507,657 | 7,400 | 69 | 116 | Luis Durnwalder (SVP) |
017 | Brescia | BS | Lombardy | 1,256,025 | 4,783 | 263 | 206 | Daniele Molgora (LN) |
074 | Brindisi | BR | Puglia | 403,229 | 1,839 | 219 | 20 | Massimo Ferrarese (PD) |
092 | Cagliari | CA | Sardinia | 563,180 | 4,570 | 123 | 71 | Graziano Milia (PD) |
085 | Caltanissetta | CL | Sicily | 271,729 | 2,124 | 128 | 22 | Giuseppe Federico (MpA) |
070 | Campobasso | CB | Molise | 231,086 | 2,910 | 79 | 84 | Rosario De Matteis (PdL) |
107 | Carbonia-Iglesias | CI | Sardinia | 129,840 | 1,495 | 87 | 23 | Salvatore Cherchi (PD) |
061 | Caserta | CE | Campania | 916,467 | 2,640 | 347 | 104 | Domenico Zinzi (UdC) |
087 | Catania | CT | Sicily | 1,090,101 | 3,553 | 307 | 58 | Giuseppe Castiglione (PdL) |
079 | Catanzaro | CZ | Calabria | 368,597 | 2,392 | 154 | 80 | Wanda Ferro (PdL) |
069 | Chieti | CH | Abruzzo | 397,123 | 2,588 | 153 | 104 | Enrico Di Giuseppantonio (UdC) |
013 | Como | CO | Lombardy | 594,988 | 1,288 | 462 | 160 | Leonardo Carioni (LN) |
078 | Cosenza | CS | Calabria | 734,656 | 6,650 | 110 | 155 | Mario Oliverio (PD) |
019 | Cremona | CR | Lombardy | 363,606 | 1,771 | 205 | 115 | Massimiliano Salini (PdL) |
101 | Crotone | KR | Calabria | 174,605 | 1,716 | 102 | 27 | Stanislao Zurlo (PdL) |
004 | Cuneo | CN | Piedmont | 592,303 | 6,902 | 86 | 250 | Gianna Gancia (LN) |
086 | Enna | EN | Sicily | 172,485 | 2,561 | 67 | 20 | Giuseppe Monaco (PdL) |
109 | Fermo | FM | Marche | 177,914 | 860 | 207 | 40 | Fabrizio Cesetti (SEL) |
038 | Ferrara | FE | Emilia-Romagna | 359,994 | 2,630 | 137 | 26 | Marcella Zappaterra (PD) |
048 | Florence | FI | Tuscany | 998,098 | 3,515 | 284 | 44 | Andrea Barducci (PD) |
071 | Foggia | FG | Puglia | 640,836 | 6,966 | 92 | 64 | Antonio Pepe (PdL) |
040 | Forlì-Cesena | FC | Emilia-Romagna | 395,489 | 2,376 | 166 | 30 | Massimo Bulbi (PD) |
060 | Frosinone | FR | Lazio | 498,167 | 3,243 | 154 | 91 | Antonello Iannarilli (PdL) |
010 | Genoa | GE | Liguria | 882,718 | 1,839 | 480 | 67 | Alessandro Repetto (PD) |
031 | Gorizia | GO | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 142,407 | 466 | 306 | 25 | Enrico Gherghetta (PD) |
053 | Grosseto | GR | Tuscany | 228,157 | 4,501 | 51 | 28 | Leonardo Marras (PD) |
008 | Imperia | IM | Liguria | 222,648 | 1,156 | 193 | 67 | Luigi Sappa (PdL) |
094 | Isernia | IS | Molise | 88,694 | 1,528 | 58 | 52 | Luigi Mazzuto (PdL) |
011 | La Spezia | SP | Liguria | 223,516 | 881 | 254 | 32 | Marino Fiasella (PD) |
066 | L'Aquila | AQ | Abruzzo | 309,820 | 5,035 | 62 | 108 | Antonio Del Corvo (PdL) |
059 | Latina | LT | Lazio | 555,692 | 2,250 | 247 | 33 | Armando Cusani (PdL) |
075 | Lecce | LE | Puglia | 815,597 | 2,759 | 296 | 87 | Antonio Maria Gabellone (PdL) |
097 | Lecco | LC | Lombardy | 340,167 | 816 | 417 | 90 | Daniele Nava (PdL) |
049 | Livorno | LI | Tuscany | 342,955 | 1,211 | 283 | 20 | Giorgio Kutufà (PD) |
098 | Lodi | LO | Lombardy | 227,655 | 782 | 291 | 61 | Pietro Foroni (LN) |
046 | Lucca | LU | Tuscany | 393,795 | 1,773 | 222 | 35 | Stefano Baccelli (PD) |
043 | Macerata | MC | Marche | 325,362 | 2,774 | 117 | 50 | Antonio Pettinari (UdC) |
020 | Mantua | MN | Lombardy | 415,442 | 2,339 | 178 | 70 | Alessandro Pastacci (PD) |
045 | Massa and Carrara | MS | Tuscany | 203,901 | 1,157 | 176 | 17 | Osvaldo Angeli (PD) |
077 | Matera | MT | Basilicata | 203,726 | 3,447 | 59 | 31 | Francesco Stella (PD) |
106 | Medio Campidano | VS | Sardinia | 102,409 | 1,516 | 68 | 28 | Fulvio Tocco (PD) |
083 | Messina | ME | Sicily | 653,737 | 3,247 | 201 | 108 | Nanni Ricevuto (PdL) |
015 | Milan | MI | Lombardy | 3,156,694 | 1,575 | 2,004 | 134 | Guido Podestà (PdL) |
036 | Modena | MO | Emilia-Romagna | 700,913 | 2,689 | 261 | 47 | Emilio Sabattini (PD) |
108 | Monza and Brianza | MB | Lombardy | 849,636 | 405 | 2,098 | 55 | Pietro Luigi Ponti (PD) |
063 | Naples | NA | Campania | 3,080,873 | 1,171 | 2,631 | 92 | Luigi Cesaro (PdL) |
003 | Novara | NO | Piedmont | 371,802 | 1,339 | 278 | 88 | Diego Sozzani (PdL) |
091 | Nuoro | NU | Sardinia | 160,677 | 3,934 | 41 | 52 | Roberto Deriu (PD) |
105 | Ogliastra | OG | Sardinia | 57,965 | 1,854 | 31 | 23 | Bruno Pilia (PD) |
104 | Olbia-Tempio | OT | Sardinia | 157,859 | 3,399 | 46 | 26 | Fedele Sanciu (PdL) |
095 | Oristano | OR | Sardinia | 166,244 | 3,040 | 55 | 88 | Massimiliano De Seneen (PdL) |
028 | Padua | PD | Veneto | 934,216 | 2,143 | 436 | 104 | Barbara Degani (PdL) |
082 | Palermo | PA | Sicily | 1,249,577 | 4,992 | 250 | 82 | Giovanni Avanti (UdC) |
034 | Parma | PR | Emilia-Romagna | 442,120 | 3,450 | 128 | 47 | Vincenzo Bernazzoli (PD) |
018 | Pavia | PV | Lombardy | 548,307 | 2,965 | 185 | 190 | Daniele Bosone (PD) |
054 | Perugia | PG | Umbria | 671,821 | 6,332 | 106 | 59 | Marco Vinicio Guasticchi (PD) |
041 | Pesaro and Urbino[Note 2] | PU | Marche | 366,963 | 2,564 | 143 | 60 | Matteo Ricci (PD) |
068 | Pescara | PE | Abruzzo | 323,184 | 1,225 | 264 | 46 | Guerino Testa (PdL) |
033 | Piacenza | PC | Emilia-Romagna | 289,875 | 2,590 | 112 | 48 | Massimo Trespidi (PdL) |
050 | Pisa | PI | Tuscany | 417,782 | 2,445 | 171 | 39 | Andrea Pieroni (PD) |
047 | Pistoia | PT | Tuscany | 293,061 | 965 | 304 | 22 | Federica Fratoni (PD) |
093 | Pordenone | PN | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 315,323 | 2,130 | 148 | 51 | Alessandro Ciriani (PdL) |
076 | Potenza | PZ | Basilicata | 383,791 | 6,549 | 59 | 100 | Piero Lacorazza (PD) |
100 | Prato | PO | Tuscany | 249,775 | 365 | 684 | 7 | Lamberto Gestri (PD) |
088 | Ragusa | RG | Sicily | 318,549 | 1,614 | 197 | 12 | Giovanni Francesco Antoci (UdC) |
039 | Ravenna | RA | Emilia-Romagna | 392,458 | 1,858 | 211 | 18 | Claudio Casadio (PD) |
080 | Reggio Calabria | RC | Calabria | 566,977 | 3,184 | 178 | 97 | Giuseppe Raffa (PdL) |
035 | Reggio Emilia | RE | Emilia-Romagna | 530,343 | 2,292 | 231 | 45 | Sonia Masini (PD) |
057 | Rieti | RI | Lazio | 160,467 | 2,750 | 58 | 73 | Fabio Melilli (PD) |
099 | Rimini[Note 2] | RN | Emilia-Romagna | 329,302 | 863 | 382 | 27 | Stefano Vitali (PD) |
058 | Rome | RM | Lazio | 4,194,068 | 5,352 | 784 | 121 | Nicola Zingaretti (PD) |
029 | Rovigo | RO | Veneto | 247,884 | 1,790 | 138 | 50 | Tiziana Virgili (PD) |
065 | Salerno | SA | Campania | 1,109,705 | 4,918 | 226 | 158 | Edmondo Cirielli (PdL) |
090 | Sassari | SS | Sardinia | 337,237 | 4,281 | 79 | 66 | Alessandra Giudici (PD) |
009 | Savona | SV | Liguria | 287,906 | 1,545 | 186 | 69 | Angelo Vaccarezza (PdL) |
052 | Siena | SI | Tuscany | 272,638 | 3,823 | 71 | 36 | Simone Bezzini (PD) |
014 | Sondrio | SO | Lombardy | 183,169 | 3,210 | 57 | 78 | Massimo Sertori (LN) |
089 | Syracuse | SR | Sicily | 404,271 | 2,108 | 192 | 21 | Nicola Bono (PdL) |
073 | Taranto | TA | Puglia | 580,028 | 2,436 | 238 | 29 | Giovanni Florido (PD) |
067 | Teramo | TE | Abruzzo | 312,239 | 1,948 | 160 | 47 | Valter Catarra (PdL) |
055 | Terni | TR | Umbria | 234,665 | 2,122 | 111 | 33 | Feliciano Polli (PD) |
081 | Trapani | TP | Sicily | 436,624 | 2,460 | 177 | 24 | Girolamo Turano (UdC) |
022 | Trento[Note 1] | TN | Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol | 529,457 | 6,203 | 85 | 217 | Lorenzo Dellai (UpT) |
026 | Treviso | TV | Veneto | 888,249 | 2,477 | 359 | 95 | Leonardo Muraro (LN) |
032 | Trieste | TS | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 236,556 | 212 | 1,116 | 6 | Maria Teresa Bassa Poropat (PD) |
001 | Turin | TO | Piedmont | 2,302,353 | 6,829 | 337 | 315 | Antonio Saitta (PD) |
030 | Udine[Note 3] | UD | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 541,522 | 4,904 | 110 | 136 | Pietro Fontanini (LN) |
012 | Varese | VA | Lombardy | 883,285 | 1,199 | 737 | 141 | Dario Galli (LN) |
027 | Venice | VE | Veneto | 863,133 | 2,461 | 351 | 44 | Francesca Zaccariotto (LN) |
103 | Verbano-Cusio-Ossola | VB | Piedmont | 163,247 | 2,256 | 72 | 77 | Massimo Nobili (PdL) |
002 | Vercelli | VC | Piedmont | 179,562 | 2,088 | 86 | 86 | Carlo Riva Vercellotti (PdL) |
023 | Verona | VR | Veneto | 920,158 | 3,120 | 295 | 98 | Giovanni Miozzi (PdL) |
102 | Vibo Valentia | VV | Calabria | 166,560 | 1,139 | 146 | 50 | Francesco De Nisi (PD) |
024 | Vicenza | VI | Veneto | 870,740 | 2,723 | 320 | 121 | Attilio Schneck (LN) |
056 | Viterbo | VT | Lazio | 320,294 | 3,614 | 89 | 60 | Marcello Meroi (PdL) |
Total | - | - | - | 60,626,442 | 301,338 | 201 | 8,094 | - |
Abolitions
- Sardinia: following the outcome of the regional referendums of 2012 it was decreed that such institutions should be reformed or abolished by March 2013 (thus remaining in office until February 28, 2013).[4] In January 2014 the Sardinian Regional Administrative Court declared "unconstitutional" the abolition of the Sardinian provinces, which occurred in 2013.[5]
- Sicily: on March 4, 2013, Sicily abolished its 9 provinces, by decision of the Regional Government.[6]
History
Kingdom of Italy
In 1861, at the birth of the Kingdom of Italy, there were 59 provinces. However, at that time the national territory was smaller than the current one: regions of Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino Alto Adige and Lazio were not included in the kingdom.
In 1866, following the Third Independence War, territories of Veneto, Friuli and Mantova were annexed. There were therefore 9 provinces more: Belluno, Mantova, Padova, Rovigo, Treviso, Venezia, Verona, Vicenza and Udine, all previously part of the Austrian Empire. Eventually, in 1870, following the annexion of Rome and its province from the Papal States, provinces rose to 69.
After World War I, new territories were annexed to the country. The Province of Trento was created in 1920. Provinces of La Spezia, Trieste and Ionio in 1923. In 1924 the new provinces of Fiume, di Pola and Zara were created, rising the total number of provinces in Italy to 76.
Between the two World Wars
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In 1927, following a Royal charter,[Note 4] a general province rearrangement took place. 17 new provinces were created (Aosta, Vercelli, Varese, Savona, Bolzano, Gorizia, Pistoia, Pescara, Rieti, Terni, Viterbo, Frosinone, Brindisi, Matera, Ragusa, Castrogiovanni, Nuoro) and the province of Caserta was suppressed. In the same year the institution of circondari, sub-provincial wards created before the unification, was abolished.
Province of Littoria (Latina) was created in 1934 and the Province of Asti in 1935.
Following the annexion of Yugoslavia in 1941, the Province of Zara was enlarged and joined the Governatorate of Dalmatia (comprising the Province of Zara, Spalato and Cattaro), while in the occupied central part of today's Slovenia was created the new Provincia di Lubiana.
After World War II
In 1945, after the War, the province of Aosta changed name to Valle d'Aosta and Littoria to Latina; the new province of Caserta was created. With the Paris Treaties, signed on 10 February 1947, Italy lost the provinces in the regions of Istria, Carnaro and Dalmazia and part of provinces of Trieste and Gorizia. Moreover, the province of Trieste was occupied by United States and United Kingdom forces. The Italian Republic had therefore 91 provinces at its birth.
Province of Ionio was renamed in Taranto in 1951, and, in 1954, the province of Trieste was returned to Italy.
Recent history
The Province of Pordenone was founded in 1968, the province of Isernia in 1970 and the Province of Oristano in 1974. In 1992 a total of 8 provinces were created: Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Biella, Lecco, Lodi, Rimini, Prato, Crotone, Vibo Valentia, while Forlì was renamed Forlì-Cesena.
Four new provinces were founded in Sardinia in 2001, which went effective in 2005: Olbia-Tempio, Ogliastra, Medio Campidano e Carbonia-Iglesias; in 2004 other 3 provinces were created: Monza e Brianza, Fermo and Barletta-Andria-Trani, for a total of 110 provinces.
In May 2012, a referendum abolished the 9 provinces of Sardinia. This suppression will become effective on 1 March 2013. On 6 July 2012, plans were published to reduce the number of provinces by around 50%.[7]
Former provinces
Number of provinces | |
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Year | Number of provinces |
1861 | 59 |
1866 | 68 |
1870 | 69 |
1920 | 70 |
1923 | 73 |
1924 | 76 |
1927 | 93 |
1934 | 94 |
1935 | 95 |
1941 | 98 |
1945 | 96 |
1947 | 91 |
1954 | 92 |
1968 | 93 |
1970 | 94 |
1974 | 95 |
1992 | 103 |
2001 | 107 |
2004 | 110 |
2015 | 100[8] |
Historical abolished provinces
- Province of Aosta (Italian: Provincia di Aosta) (1927–1945). Became the Autonomous Region of Aosta Valley in 1948.
- Province of Terra di Lavoro (Italian: Provincia di Terra di Lavoro ) (1861–1927). Was divided into the current provinces of Frosinone, Latina and Caserta.
Provinces of Istria and Dalmatia
- Province of Zara (Italian: Provincia di Zara) (1923–1947). Originally a small territory, was greatly enlarged in 1941. Was a part of the Governorship of Dalmatia. It remained nominally a part of the Italian Social Republic after the Italian capitulation.
- Province of Pola (Italian: Provincia di Pola) (1923–1947). Created after WWI in Italian Istria. Was occupied by Germany in September 1943 and was administered as a part of the German Operational Zone of the Adriatic Littoral.
- Province of Carnaro (Italian: Provincia di Fiume) (1924–1947). Enlarged during WWII. Was occupied by Germany in September 1943 and was administered as a part of the German Operational Zone of the Adriatic Littoral.
Provinces established during World War II
- Province of Ljubljana (Italian: Provincia di Lubiana) (1941–1943). Was occupied by Germany in September 1943 and was administered as a part of the German Operation Zone of the Adriatic Littoral.
- Province of Spalato (Italian: Provincia di Spalato) (1941–1943). Was a part of the Governorship of Dalmatia. Was occupied by Germany in September 1943 and later annexed by the Independent State of Croatia.
- Province of Cattaro (Italian: Provincia di Cattaro) (1941–1943). Was a part of the Governorship of Dalmatia. Was occupied by Germany in September 1943 and partially annexed by the Independent State of Croatia.
Colonial provinces
- Province of Rhodes (Italian: Provincia di Rodi ) (1923–1947) or Italian Aegean Islands (Italian: Isole italiane dell'Egeo) . It remained nominally a part of the Italian Social Republic after the Italian capitulation.
- Italian Libya was divided into four provinces and one territory (Southern Military Territory or Territory of Saharan Libya). From 1939 onward the provinces were a part of metropolitan Italy.
- Province of Tripoli (Italian: Provincia di Tripoli) (1937–1943).
- Province of Misurata (Italian: Provincia di Misurata) (1937–1943).
- Province of Benghazi (Italian: Provincia di Bengasi) (1937–1943).
- Province of Derna (Italian: Provincia di Derna) (1937–1943).
Theoretical provinces
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- Province of the Western Alps (Italian: Provincia delle Alpi Occidentali). Planned WWII province to be created of the annexed French territories of the Alpes Maritimes (including the Principality of Monaco) and parts of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Hautes Alpes and Savoie.[9] The town of Briançon (Italian: Brianzone) was to act as the provincial capital.[9]
- Province of Ragusa in Dalmatia (Italian: Provincia di Ragusa di Dalmazia). Planned WWII province to be created of the annexed Dalmatian territories part of the ancient Republic of Ragusa.
Controversies
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Provinces are often deemed useless, and many proposals have been made in recent years to eliminate them.[10][11][12] However, the difficulty of changing a constitutional law and the opposition of some groups and politicians halted any reform proposal.[13][14] During his speech to the Chamber of Deputies, newly appointed Prime Minister Enrico Letta announced that a revision of the second part of the Italian Constitution is needed, in order to change the current bicameral parliamentary system and to abolish provinces.
See also
Notes
- ^ a b Autonomous province
- ^ a b In 2009, seven municipalities in the province of Pesaro e Urbino have been moved to the province of Rimini.
- ^ In 2009, Campolongo al Torre e Tapogliano municipalities in the province of Udine have been merged into Campolongo Tapogliano municipality <http://www.istat.it/strumenti/definizioni/comuni/>.
- ^ Regio Decreto Legislativo n. 1/1927, 3 January 1927, "Riordinamento delle circoscrizioni provinciali"
References
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- ^ As "second level institutional bodies".
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External links
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