Regions

Italy by region

Italy is divided into twenty Regions which are the first level administrative divisions. Each region is further divided into Provinces which, in turn, are divided into Comunes.

Originally meant as administrative districts of the central state, the regions acquired a significant level of autonomy following a constitutional reform in 2001. There are 15 ordinary regions and 5 autonomous regions created to take into account the linguistic and cultural differences of these areas as well as their geographic location.

Each region has an elected parliament, called Regional Council (or Regional Assembly in Sicily) and a government called Regional Junta headed by the regional President. The latter is directly elected by the citizens of each region, with the exceptions of Aosta Valley and Trentino-Alto Adige, where he is chosen by the Regional Council.

List of Regions

Note that starred regions are autonomous.

Region	Capital
Abruzzo	L'Aquila
Aosta Valley*	Aosta
Puglia	Bari
Basilicata	Potenza
Calabria	Catanzaro
Campania	Naples
Emilia-Romagna	Bologna
Friuli-Venezia Giulia*	Trieste
Lazio	Rome
Liguria	Genoa
Lombardy	Milan
Marche	Ancona
Molise	Campobasso
Piedmont	Turin
Sardinia*	Cagliari
Sicily*	Palermo
Trentino-Alto Adige*	Trento
Tuscany	Florence
Umbria	Perugia
Veneto	Venice

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