ADMINISTRATIVE SECTIONS


    Italy is divided in autonomous administrative units: 20 regions (la regione), 95 departments (la provincia) and approximately 8000 localities (il comune).
A locality (il comune) represents any administrative unit ruled by a mayoralty.
A department is the same as a county.
The regions are as follows:
(When the mouse passes over a region of the map, the region name is shown on the status bar, at the bottom of the page)
Valle d'Aosta Piemonte Veneto Lazio Calabria
Lombardia Trentino-Alto-Adige Friuli-Venezia-Giulia Molise Sicilia
Liguria Emilla-Romagna Abruzzo Basilicata Sardinia
Toscana Umbria Campagna Puglia Marche

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Piemonte Valle d'Aosta Lombardia Trentino-Alto-Adige Veneto Friuli-Venezia-Giulia Liguria Emilia-Romagna Toscana Campagna Umbria Abruzzo Lazio Molise Campagna Puglia Basilicata Calabria Sicilia Sardegna
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