Regions of Italy Regioni d'Italia (Italian) | |
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Category | Regionalised unitary state |
Location | Italian Republic |
Number | 20 |
Populations | 123,337 (Aosta Valley) – 9,965,046 (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 (Italian : regioni d'Italia) are the first-level administrative divisions of the Italian Republic, constituting its second NUTS administrative level. [1] There are twenty regions, five of which have higher autonomy than the rest. Under the Italian Constitution, each region is an autonomous entity with defined powers. With the exception of the Aosta Valley (since 1945) and Friuli Venezia Giulia (since 2018), each region is divided into a number of provinces ( province ).
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.
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).
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 Lega Nord 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 Lega Nord, and seen by some as leading the way to a federal state, were rejected in the 2006 Italian constitutional referendum by 61.7% to 38.3%. [2] The results varied considerably among the regions, ranging from 55.3% in favor in Veneto to 82% against in Calabria. [2]
Number of regions governed by each coalition since 1995:
Flag | Region Italian name (if different) | Status | Population [3] January 2022 | Area | Pop. density (p/km²) | HDI [4] 2019 | Capital | President | Number of comuni [5] | Prov. or metrop. cities | |||
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Number | % | km2 | % | ||||||||||
![]() | Abruzzo | Ordinary | 1,273,660 | 2.16% | 10,832 km2 (4,182 sq mi) | 3.59% | 118 | 0.889 | L'Aquila | Marco Marsilio Brothers of Italy | 305 | 4 | |
![]() | Aosta Valley Valle d'Aosta | Autonomous | 123,337 | 0.21% | 3,261 km2 (1,259 sq mi) | 1.08% | 38 | 0.887 | Aosta | Erik Lavévaz Valdostan Union | 74 | 1 | |
![]() | Apulia Puglia | Ordinary | 3,912,166 | 6.63% | 19,541 km2 (7,545 sq mi) | 6.48% | 200 | 0.854 | Bari | Michele Emiliano Democratic Party | 257 | 6 | |
![]() | Basilicata | Ordinary | 539,999 | 0.92% | 10,073 km2 (3,889 sq mi) | 3.34% | 54 | 0.862 | Potenza | Vito Bardi Forza Italia | 131 | 2 | |
![]() | Calabria | Ordinary | 1,844,586 | 3.13% | 15,222 km2 (5,877 sq mi) | 5.04% | 121 | 0.845 | Catanzaro | Roberto Occhiuto Forza Italia | 404 | 5 | |
![]() | Campania | Ordinary | 5,590,681 | 9.48% | 13,671 km2 (5,278 sq mi) | 4.53% | 409 | 0.854 | Naples | Vincenzo De Luca Democratic Party | 550 | 5 | |
![]() | Emilia-Romagna | Ordinary | 4,431,816 | 7.51% | 22,453 km2 (8,669 sq mi) | 7.44% | 197 | 0.921 | Bologna | Stefano Bonaccini Democratic Party | 330 | 9 | |
![]() | Friuli Venezia Giulia | Autonomous | 1,197,295 | 2.03% | 7,924 km2 (3,059 sq mi) | 2.63% | 151 | 0.903 | Trieste | Massimiliano Fedriga League | 215 | 4 | |
![]() | Lazio | Ordinary | 5,715,190 | 9.69% | 17,232 km2 (6,653 sq mi) | 5.71% | 332 | 0.914 | Rome | Nicola Zingaretti Democratic Party | 378 | 5 | |
![]() | Liguria | Ordinary | 1,507,438 | 2.56% | 5,416 km2 (2,091 sq mi) | 1.79% | 278 | 0.898 | Genoa | Giovanni Toti Cambiamo! | 234 | 4 | |
![]() | Lombardy Lombardia | Ordinary | 9,965,046 | 16.89% | 23,864 km2 (9,214 sq mi) | 7.91% | 418 | 0.912 | Milan | Attilio Fontana League | 1,506 | 12 | |
![]() | Marche | Ordinary | 1,489,789 | 2.53% | 9,401 km2 (3,630 sq mi) | 3.12% | 158 | 0.901 | Ancona | Francesco Acquaroli Brothers of Italy | 225 | 5 | |
![]() | Molise | Ordinary | 290,769 | 0.49% | 4,461 km2 (1,722 sq mi) | 1.48% | 65 | 0.872 | Campobasso | Donato Toma Forza Italia | 136 | 2 | |
![]() | Piedmont Piemonte | Ordinary | 4,252,279 | 7.21% | 25,387 km2 (9,802 sq mi) | 8.41% | 168 | 0.898 | Turin | Alberto Cirio Forza Italia | 1,181 | 8 | |
![]() | Sardinia Sardegna | Autonomous | 1,579,181 | 2.68% | 24,100 km2 (9,300 sq mi) | 7.99% | 66 | 0.868 | Cagliari | Christian Solinas Sardinian Action Party | 377 | 5 | |
![]() | Sicily Sicilia | Autonomous | 4,801,468 | 8.14% | 25,832 km2 (9,974 sq mi) | 8.56% | 186 | 0.845 | Palermo | Nello Musumeci Diventerà Bellissima | 391 | 9 | |
![]() | Trentino-South Tyrol Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol | Autonomous | 1,077,932 | 1.83% | 13,606 km2 (5,253 sq mi) | 4.51% | 79 | Trentino: 0.920 | Trento | Maurizio Fugatti League | 282 | 2 | |
South Tyrol: 0.910 | |||||||||||||
![]() | Tuscany Toscana | Ordinary | 3,676,285 | 6.23% | 22,987 km2 (8,875 sq mi) | 7.62% | 160 | 0.907 | Florence | Eugenio Giani Democratic Party | 273 | 10 | |
![]() | Umbria | Ordinary | 859,572 | 1.46% | 8,464 km2 (3,268 sq mi) | 2.81% | 102 | 0.897 | Perugia | Donatella Tesei League | 92 | 2 | |
![]() | Veneto | Ordinary | 4,854,633 | 8.23% | 18,345 km2 (7,083 sq mi) | 5.97% | 265 | 0.900 | Venice | Luca Zaia League | 563 | 7 | |
![]() | Italy Italia | — | 58,983,122 | 100.00% | 302,068.26 km2 (116,629.21 sq mi) | 100.00% | 195 | 0.892 | Rome | Sergio Mattarella Independent | 7,904 | 107 | |
Macroregions are the first-level NUTS of the European Union.(it) [6]
Map | Macroregion Italian name | Regions | Major city | Population January 2022 | Area (km2) | Population density (km−2) | MEPs | ||
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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-South Tyrol 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 (adj) | Sardinia Sicily | Palermo | 6,380,649 | 10.82% | 49,932 km2 (19,279 sq mi) | 16.53% | 128 | 8 |
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, [7] fifteen regions have ordinary statutes and five have special statutes, granting them extended autonomy.
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). [8] Yet their financial autonomy is quite modest: they keep just 20% of all levied taxes, mostly used to finance the region-based healthcare system. [9]
Article 116 of the Italian Constitution grants home rule to five regions, namely 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 from Italy after the defeat in World War II. [10]
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.
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.
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.
Article 57 of the Constitution of Italy establishes that the Senate of the Italian Republic is elected on a regional basis by Italian citizens (originally) aged 25 or older; from 2006 to 2020, 6 out of 315 senators were elected by Italians residing abroad.
After two constitutional amendments were passed respectively in 2020 (by constitutional referendum) and 2021, the number of senators has been reduced from 315 to 200, and they are now elected by all citizens aged 18 or older, just like deputies (themselves being reduced from 630 to 400). 4 senators are elected by Italians residing abroad.
The remaining 196 senators are assigned to each region proportionally according to their population. However, Article 57 of the Constitution provides that no region can have fewer than three (or, before 2020, seven) senators representing it, except for the two smallest regions: Aosta Valley (which has one) and Molise (which has two).
Region | Seats | Region | Seats | Region | Seats |
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![]() | 4 | ![]() | 4 | ![]() | 5 |
![]() | 1 | ![]() | 18 | ![]() | 16 |
![]() | 13 | ![]() | 5 | ![]() | 6 |
![]() | 3 | ![]() | 31 | ![]() | 12 |
![]() | 6 | ![]() | 5 | ![]() | 3 |
![]() | 18 | ![]() | 2 | ![]() | 16 |
![]() | 14 | ![]() | 14 | Overseas constituencies | 4 |
Flag | Name | GDP 2018, million EUR [11] | GDP per capita 2018, EUR [11] | GDP 2011, million PPS [11] | GDP per capita 2011, PPS [11] |
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![]() | Abruzzo | 33,900 | 25,800 | 29,438 | 21,900 |
![]() | Aosta Valley | 4,900 | 38,900 | 4,236 | 33,000 |
![]() | Apulia | 76,600 | 19,000 | 68,496 | 16,700 |
![]() | Basilicata | 12,600 | 22,200 | 10,517 | 17,900 |
![]() | Calabria | 33,300 | 17,000 | 32,357 | 16,100 |
![]() | Campania | 108,000 | 18,600 | 91,658 | 15,700 |
![]() | Emilia-Romagna | 161,000 | 36,200 | 139,597 | 31,400 |
![]() | Friuli Venezia Giulia | 38,000 | 31,200 | 35,855 | 29,000 |
![]() | Lazio | 198,000 | 33,600 | 168,609 | 29,300 |
![]() | Liguria | 49,900 | 32,100 | 43,069 | 26,700 |
![]() | Lombardy | 388,800 | 38,600 | 330,042 | 33,200 |
![]() | Marche | 43,200 | 28,300 | 40,014 | 25,500 |
![]() | Molise | 6,500 | 20,900 | 6,278 | 19,700 |
![]() | Piedmont | 137,000 | 31,500 | 123,336 | 27,600 |
![]() | Sardinia | 34,900 | 21,200 | 32,377 | 19,300 |
![]() | Sicily | 89,200 | 17,800 | 82,183 | 16,300 |
![]() | Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol | 41,700 | 39,200 | 35,041 | 33,700 |
![]() | Tuscany | 118,000 | 31,500 | 103,775 | 27,600 |
![]() | Umbria | 22,500 | 25,400 | 21,078 | 23,200 |
![]() | Veneto | 163,000 | 33,200 | 146,369 | 29,600 |
Code | Name | GDP 2011, million EUR [11] | GDP per capita 2011, EUR [11] | GDP 2011, million PPS [11] | GDP per capita 2011, PPS [11] |
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ITE | Centre | 340,669 | 28,400 | 333,475 | 27,800 |
ITD | North-East | 364,560 | 31,200 | 356,862 | 30,600 |
ITC | North-West | 511,484 | 31,700 | 500,683 | 31,000 |
ITG | Islands | 117,031 | 17,400 | 114,560 | 17,000 |
ITF | South | 243,895 | 17,200 | 238,744 | 16,800 |
- | Extra-regio | 2,771 | – | 2,712 | – |
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