Regions of Italy
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| Category | Regionalised unitary state |
| Location | Italian Republic |
| Number | 20 |
| Populations | 122,714 (Aosta Valley) – 10,035,481 (Lombardy) |
| Areas | 3,261 km2 (1,259 sq mi) (Aosta Valley) – 25,832 km2 (9,974 sq mi) (Sicily) |
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The regions of Italy (Template:Langx) are the first-level administrative divisions of the unitary Italian Republic, constituting its second NUTS administrative level.[1] There are twenty regions, five of which are autonomous regions with special status. Under the Constitution of Italy, each region is an autonomous entity with defined powers. With the exception of the Aosta Valley (since 1945) and Friuli-Venezia Giulia (since 2015), each region is divided into a number of provinces.
History
During the Kingdom of Italy, regions were mere statistical districts of the central state. Under the Republic, they were granted a measure of political autonomy by the 1948 Italian Constitution. The original draft list comprised the Salento region (which was eventually included in Apulia); Friuli and Venezia Giulia were separate regions, and Basilicata was named Lucania. Abruzzo and Molise were identified as separate regions in the first draft, but were later merged into Abruzzi e Molise in the final constitution of 1948, before being separated in 1963.[citation needed]
Implementation of regional autonomy was postponed until the first Regional elections of 1970. The ruling Christian Democracy party did not want the opposition Italian Communist Party to gain power in the regions where it was historically rooted (the red belt of Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany, Umbria and the Marches).[citation needed]
Regions acquired a significant level of autonomy following a constitutional reform in 2001 (brought about by a centre-left government and confirmed by popular referendum), which granted them residual policy competence. A further federalist reform was proposed by the regionalist party Script error: No such module "Lang". and in 2005, the centre-right government led by Silvio Berlusconi proposed a new reform that would have greatly increased the power of regions.[2]
The proposals, which had been particularly associated with Script error: No such module "Lang"., and seen by some as leading the way to a federal state, were rejected in the 2006 Italian constitutional referendum by 61.7% "no" to 38.3% "yes".[2] The results varied considerably among the regions, ranging from 55.3% in favour in Veneto to 82% against in Calabria.[2]
Politics and government
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Each region has an elected parliament, called Consiglio Regionale (regional council), or Assemblea Regionale (regional assembly) in Sicily, and a government called Giunta Regionale (regional committee), headed by a governor called Presidente della Giunta Regionale (president of the regional committee) or Presidente della Regione (regional president). The latter is directly elected by the citizens of each region, with the exceptions of Aosta Valley and Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol regions where the president is chosen by the regional council.[citation needed] Contrasting the parliamentary system of Italy, the regions instead uses a presidential system.[3][4]
Under the 1995 electoral law, the winning coalition receives an absolute majority of seats on the council. The president chairs the giunta, and nominates or dismisses its members, called assessori. If the directly elected president resigns, new elections are called immediately.[citation needed]
In the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region, the regional council is made up of the joint session of the two provincial councils of Trentino and of South Tyrol. The regional president is one of the two provincial commissioners.[citation needed]
The list below shows the number of regions governed by each coalition since 1995:
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Regions
| Flag | Region Italian name (if different) |
Status | Population[5] 1 January 2025 |
Area | Pop. density (p/km2) |
HDI[6] 2022 | Capital city | President | Number of comuni[7] | Prov. or metrop. cities | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | km2 | % | ||||||||||
| File:Flag of Abruzzo.svg | Abruzzo | Ordinary | 1,268,430 | 2.16% | 10,832 km2 (4,182 sq mi) | 3.59% | 117.1 | 0.889 | L'Aquila | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Marco Marsilio Brothers of Italy |
305 | 4 |
| File:Flag of Valle d'Aosta.svg | Aosta Valley Valle d'Aosta/Vallée d'Aoste |
Autonomous | 122,714 | 0.21% | 3,261 km2 (1,259 sq mi) | 1.08% | 37.63 | 0.887 | Aosta | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Renzo Testolin Valdostan Union |
74 | 1 |
| File:Flag of Apulia.svg | Apulia Puglia |
Ordinary | 3,874,166 | 6.63% | 19,541 km2 (7,545 sq mi) | 6.48% | 198.3 | 0.854 | Bari | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Antonio Decaro Democratic Party |
257 | 6 |
| File:Flag of Basilicata.svg | Basilicata | Ordinary | 529,897 | 0.92% | 10,073 km2 (3,889 sq mi) | 3.34% | 52.61 | 0.862 | Potenza | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Vito Bardi Script error: No such module "Lang". |
131 | 2 |
| File:Flag of Calabria.svg | Calabria | Ordinary | 1,832,147 | 3.13% | 15,222 km2 (5,877 sq mi) | 5.04% | 120.4 | 0.845 | Catanzaro | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Roberto Occhiuto Script error: No such module "Lang". |
404 | 5 |
| File:Flag of Campania.svg | Campania | Ordinary | 5,575,025 | 9.48% | 13,671 km2 (5,278 sq mi) | 4.53% | 407.8 | 0.854 | Naples | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Roberto Fico Five Star Movement |
550 | 5 |
| File:Fictional Emilia-Romagna Flag.svg | Emilia-Romagna | Ordinary | 4,465,678 | 7.51% | 22,453 km2 (8,669 sq mi) | 7.44% | 198.5 | 0.921 | Bologna | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Michele De Pascale Democratic Party |
330 | 9 |
| File:Flag of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.svg | Friuli-Venezia Giulia Furlanija-Julijska Krajina/Friûl-Vignesie Julie/Friaul-Julisch Venetien |
Autonomous | 1,194,095 | 2.03% | 7,924 km2 (3,059 sq mi) | 2.63% | 150.5 | 0.903 | Trieste | style="background:Template:Party color;"| | Massimiliano Fedriga League |
215 | 4 |
| File:Lazio Flag.svg | Lazio | Ordinary | 5,710,272 | 9.69% | 17,232 km2 (6,653 sq mi) | 5.71% | 331.4 | 0.914 | Rome | style="background:Template:Party color;"| | Francesco Rocca Independent |
378 | 5 |
| File:Flag of Liguria.svg | Liguria | Ordinary | 1,509,908 | 2.56% | 5,416 km2 (2,091 sq mi) | 1.79% | 278.8 | 0.898 | Genoa | style="background:Template:Party color;"| | Marco Bucci Independent |
234 | 4 |
| File:Flag of Lombardy.svg | Lombardy Lombardia |
Ordinary | 10,035,481 | 16.89% | 23,864 km2 (9,214 sq mi) | 7.91% | 420.5 | 0.912 | Milan | style="background:Template:Party color;"| | Attilio Fontana League |
1,506 | 12 |
| File:Flag of Marche.svg | Marche | Ordinary | 1,481,252 | 2.53% | 9,401 km2 (3,630 sq mi) | 3.12% | 158.5 | 0.901 | Ancona | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Francesco Acquaroli Brothers of Italy |
225 | 5 |
| File:Flag of Molise.svg | Molise | Ordinary | 287,966 | 0.49% | 4,461 km2 (1,722 sq mi) | 1.48% | 64.56 | 0.872 | Campobasso | style="background:Template:Party color;"| | Francesco Roberti Script error: No such module "Lang". |
136 | 2 |
| File:Flag of Piedmont.svg | Piedmont Piemonte |
Ordinary | 4,255,702 | 7.21% | 25,387 km2 (9,802 sq mi) | 8.41% | 167.6 | 0.898 | Turin | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Alberto Cirio Script error: No such module "Lang". |
1,181 | 8 |
| File:Flag of Sardinia, Italy.svg | Sardinia Sardegna |
Autonomous | 1,561,339 | 2.68% | 24,100 km2 (9,300 sq mi) | 7.99% | 64.79 | 0.868 | Cagliari | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Alessandra Todde Five Star Movement |
377 | 5 |
| File:Flag of Sicily.svg | Sicily Sicilia |
Autonomous | 4,779,371 | 8.14% | 25,832 km2 (9,974 sq mi) | 8.56% | 185.0 | 0.845 | Palermo | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Renato Schifani Script error: No such module "Lang". |
391 | 9 |
| File:Flag of Trentino-South Tyrol.svg | Trentino-South Tyrol Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol |
Autonomous | 1,086,095 | 1.83% | 13,606 km2 (5,253 sq mi) | 4.51% | 79.82 | 0.920 (Trentino) | Trento | rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Arno Kompatscher South Tyrolean People's Party |
282 | 2 |
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| File:Flag of Tuscany.svg | Tuscany Toscana |
Ordinary | 3,660,834 | 6.23% | 22,987 km2 (8,875 sq mi) | 7.62% | 159.3 | 0.907 | Florence | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Eugenio Giani Democratic Party |
273 | 10 |
| File:Flag of Umbria.svg | Umbria | Ordinary | 851,954 | 1.46% | 8,464 km2 (3,268 sq mi) | 2.81% | 100.7 | 0.897 | Perugia | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Stefania Proietti Independent |
92 | 2 |
| File:Flag of Veneto.svg | Veneto | Ordinary | 4,851,851 | 8.23% | 18,345 km2 (7,083 sq mi) | 5.97% | 264.5 | 0.900 | Venice | style="background:Template:Party color;"| | Alberto Stefani League |
563 | 7 |
| File:Flag of Italy.svg | Italy Italia |
— | 58,934,177 | 100.00% | 302,068.26 km2 (116,629.21 sq mi) | 100.00% | 195.1 | 0.892 | Rome | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Sergio Mattarella Independent |
7,904 | 107 |
Macroregions
Macroregions are the first-level NUTS of the European Union.(it)[8]
| Map | Macroregion Italian name |
Regions | Major city | Population January 2022 |
Area (km2) | Population density (km2) |
MEPs | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | km2 | % | ||||||
| Centre Centro |
Lazio Marche Tuscany Umbria |
Rome | 11,740,836 | 19.91% | 58,085 km2 (22,427 sq mi) | 19.23% | 202 | 15 | |
| North-West Nord-Ovest |
Aosta Valley Liguria Lombardy Piedmont |
Milan | 15,848,100 | 26.87% | 57,928 km2 (22,366 sq mi) | 19.18% | 274 | 20 | |
| North-East Nord-Est |
Emilia-Romagna Friuli-Venezia Giulia Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol Veneto |
Bologna | 11,561,676 | 19.60% | 62,003 km2 (23,939 sq mi) | 20.63% | 186 | 15 | |
| South Sud |
Abruzzo Apulia Basilicata Calabria Campania Molise |
Naples | 13,451,861 | 22.81% | 73,800 km2 (28,500 sq mi) | 24.43% | 182 | 18 | |
| Islands Isole or Insulare |
Sardinia Sicily |
Palermo | 6,380,649 | 10.82% | 49,932 km2 (19,279 sq mi) | 16.53% | 128 | 8 | |
Status
Every region has a statute that serves as a regional constitution, determining the form of government and the fundamental principles of the organization and the functioning of the region, as prescribed by the Constitution of Italy (Article 123). Although all the regions except Tuscany define themselves in various ways as an "autonomous Region" in the first article of their Statutes,[9] fifteen regions have ordinary statutes and five have special statutes, granting them extended autonomy.
Regions with ordinary statute
These regions, whose statutes are approved by their regional councils, were created in 1970, even though the Italian Constitution dates back to 1948. Since the constitutional reform of 2001 they have had residual legislative powers: the regions have exclusive legislative power with respect to any matters not expressly reserved to state law (Article 117).[10] Yet their financial autonomy is quite modest: they keep just 20% of all levied taxes, mostly used to finance the region-based healthcare system.[11]
Autonomous regions with special statute
Article 116 of the Italian Constitution grants home rule to five regions: the Aosta Valley, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Sardinia, Sicily, and Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, allowing them some legislative, administrative and financial power to a varying extent, depending on their specific statute. These regions became autonomous in order to take into account cultural differences and protect linguistic minorities. Moreover, the government wanted to prevent them from potentially seceding or being taken away from Italy after its defeat in World War II.[12]
Representation in the Senate
Article 57 of the Constitution of Italy originally established that the Senate of the Republic was to be elected on a regional basis by Italian citizens aged 25 or older (unlike the Chamber of the Deputies, which was elected on a national basis and by all Italian citizens aged 18 or older). No region could have fewer than 7 senators, except for the two smallest regions: Aosta Valley (1 senator) and Molise (2 senators). From 2006 to 2020, 6 out of 315 senators (and 12 out of 630 deputies) were elected by Italians residing abroad.[citation needed]
After two constitutional amendments were passed respectively in 2020 (by constitutional referendum) and 2021, however, there have been changes. The Senate is still elected on a regional basis, but the number of senators was reduced from 315 to 200, who are now elected by all citizens aged 18 or older, just like deputies (themselves being reduced from 630 to 400). Italians residing abroad now elect 4 senators (and 8 deputies).[citation needed]
The remaining 196 senators are assigned to each region proportionally according to their population. The amended Article 57 of the Constitution provides that no region can have fewer than 3 senators representing it, barring Aosta Valley and Molise, which retained 1 and 2 senators respectively.[citation needed]
Economy of regions and macroregions
| Code | Name | GDP 2011, million EUR[13] |
GDP per capita 2011, EUR[13] |
GDP 2011, million PPS[13] |
GDP per capita 2011, PPS[13] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ITE | Centre | 340,669 | 28,400 | 333,475 | 27,800 |
| ITC | North-West | 511,484 | 31,700 | 500,683 | 31,000 |
| ITD | North-East | 364,560 | 31,200 | 356,862 | 30,600 |
| ITF | South | 243,895 | 17,200 | 238,744 | 16,800 |
| ITG | Islands | 117,031 | 17,400 | 114,560 | 17,000 |
| - | Extra-regio | 2,771 | – | 2,712 | – |
See also
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- Italian NUTS level 1 regions
- Regional council (Italy)
- List of current presidents of regions of Italy
- List of Italian regions by GDP
- List of Italian regions by GRP per capita
- List of Italian regions by Human Development Index
- Flags of regions of Italy
- ISO 3166-2:IT
Other administrative divisions
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External links
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- CityMayors article
- Regional Governments of Italy on Italia.gov.it
- Regional Governments of Italy on Governo.it
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