province of Italy
Let an agent explain the provinces of Italy, relay their history, functions and reforms from official and reference sources, describe metropolitan cities, autonomous provinces and former provinces, and distinguish provinces from regions, comuni, prefectures and statistical units.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain the provinces of Italy, relay their history, functions and reforms from official and reference sources, describe metropolitan cities, autonomous provinces and former provinces, and distinguish provinces from regions, comuni, prefectures and statistical units.
The second-level administrative division of Italy, between regions and municipalities, numbering about 107 including metropolitan cities, free municipal consortia in Sicily and autonomous provinces such as Bolzano and Trento, each historically with a prefect and an elected council; provinces were reformed in 2014 into indirectly elected bodies, several have been merged, abolished or recreated, and former provinces remain relevant for vehicle plates and statistics.
What it is for: Intermediate administration in Italy.
It can be explain the division; relay history and reforms; describe variants; distinguish related units.
Distinguishing features
Second level
Reformed in 2014
Metropolitan and autonomous variants
Frequent boundary changes
What it looks like
Not a visible object; administrative areas on a map.
Physical character
provinces and equivalents: about 107 count - varies with reforms
metropolitan cities: 14 count
Delrio reform: 2014 year - Law 56/2014
NUTS level: 3 note
How it is recognised
Second-level administrative division of Italy
Provinces, metropolitan cities, autonomous provinces of Bolzano and Trento, free municipal consortia, former provinces
Regions are first level; comuni are municipalities; prefectures are state offices; NUTS 3 units are statistical
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is part of -
contains -
is coded by -
In practice
Families and kinds
ordinary provinces
metropolitan cities
autonomous provinces of Bolzano and Trento
free municipal consortia of Sicily
Sardinian provinces after reorganisation
former provinces
Standards and regulation
Italian Constitution Title V
Law 56/2014 Delrio reform
Regional laws in autonomous regions
Failure modes and hazards
Stale province lists after mergers
Confusing provinces with regions
Registry alias for former provinces mixed with current ones
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What an Italian province is.
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a province of Italy, and how does it differ from a region, comune, prefecture and statistical unit? definition
- Is the question about the system, a specific province, reform or history? boundary
Variants
Variants.
Variants
Variants.
- What are metropolitan cities, autonomous provinces, free municipal consortia and former provinces? definition
- Which entry fits the specific unit? action
Law Law and reform.
Regulation.
Functions
Functions.
Functions
Functions.
- What functions do provinces hold, such as roads and schools? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Reform
Reforms.
Reform
Reform.
- What did the 2014 reform and the failed 2016 constitutional referendum change, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Data Data.
Sources.
Codes
Codes and plates.
Codes
Codes.
- How are provinces coded in ISO, ISTAT and vehicle registration plates? provenance
- Which entry fits vehicle registration plates of Italy? action
Changes
Boundary changes.
Changes
Changes.
- Which provinces have been created, merged or abolished? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific province? action
Context History.
Context.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did Italian provinces develop from Napoleonic departments and the 1859 Rattazzi law? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of Italy s administrative divisions? action
Comparison
Comparison.
Comparison
Comparison.
- How do Italian provinces compare with French departments and Spanish provinces? provenance
- Which entry fits administrative division? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should metropolitan cities be a separate primary entry?
- How should official sources be linked?
- The registry alias former province of Italy should be recorded as historical