Provinces of Italy

Provinces of Italy
*Province d'Italia* (Italian)
Provinces of Italy; Province d'Italia (Italian)
Category	Regionalised unitary state
Location	Italian Republic
Number	107
Populations	81,415 (Province of Isernia) – 4,231,451 (Metropolitan City of Rome Capital)
Areas	212.50 km2 (82.05 sq mi) (Province of Trieste) –; 7,691.75 km2 (2,969.80 sq mi) (Province of Sassari)
Government	Provincial Government, Regional Government, National Government;
Subdivisions	Comuni;

The provinces of Italy (Italian: province d'Italia) are the second-level administrative divisions of the Italian Republic, on an intermediate level between a municipality (comune) and a region (regione). Since 2015, provinces have been classified as "institutional bodies of second level".

There are currently 107 institutional bodies of second level in Italy, including 80 ordinary provinces, 2 autonomous provinces, 4 regional decentralization entities, 6 free municipal consortia, and 14 metropolitan cities, as well as the Aosta Valley region (which also exercises the powers of a province).

Italian provinces (with the exception of the current Sardinian provinces) correspond to the NUTS 3 regions.

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