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In Italy, a province (provincia) is an administrative division of intermediate level between a municipality (comune) and a region (regione).

A province is composed of many municipalities (comune), and usually several provinces form a region. The region of Aosta Valley is the only exception being the province coincident with the region.

The three main functions devolved to provinces are:

Local planning and zoning
Provision of local police and fire services.
Transportation regulation (car registration, maintenance of local roads, etc.)

There are 110 provinces in Italy. Lombardy has the most provinces, with 12. The number of provinces in Italy has been steadily growing in recent years, as many new ones are carved out of older ones.

Each province is headed by a President assisted by a representative body, the Provincial Council, and an executive body, the Provincial Executive. President and members of Council are elected together by resident citizens: the coalition of the elected President (who needs an absolute majority in the first or second round of voting) gains the three fifths of the Council's seats. The Executive is chaired by the President who appoint others members, called assessori.

In each province there is also a Prefect (prefetto), a representative of central government who heads an agency called prefettura-ufficio territoriale del governo. The Questor (questore) is the head of State's Police (Polizia di Stato) in the province and his office is called questura. There is also a province's police force depending from local government, called provincial police (polizia provinciale).

The South Tyrol and Trentino are autonomous provinces: unlike all other provinces they have the same legislative powers of regions and are not subordinated to the region they are part of, namely the region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol.

ISTAT code	Province	ISO code	Administrative Region	Population	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)	Municipalities
084	Agrigento	AG	Sicily	454,002	3,042	149	43
006	Alessandria	AL	Piedmont	440,613	3,559	124	190
042	Ancona	AN	Marche	481,028	1,940	248	56
007	Aosta	AO	Valle d'Aosta	128,230	3,263	39	74
051	Arezzo	AR	Tuscany	349,651	3,236	108	39
044	Ascoli Piceno	AP	Marche	214,068	1,228	174	33
005	Asti	AT	Piedmont	221,687	1,515	146	118
064	Avellino	AV	Campania	439,137	2,792	157	119
072	Bari	BA	Puglia	1,258,706	3,821	329	48
110	Barletta-Andria-Trani	BT	Puglia	392,863	1,538	255	10
025	Belluno	BL	Veneto	213,474	3,676	58	69
062	Benevento	BN	Campania	287,874	2,071	139	78
016	Bergamo	BG	Lombardy	1,098,740	2,723	404	244
096	Biella	BI	Piedmont	185,768	914	203	82
037	Bologna	BO	Emilia-Romagna	991,924	3,702	268	60
021	Bolzano	BZ	Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol	507,657	7,400	69	116
017	Brescia	BS	Lombardy	1,256,025	4,783	263	206
074	Brindisi	BR	Puglia	403,229	1,839	219	20
092	Cagliari	CA	Sardinia	563,180	4,570	123	71
085	Caltanissetta	CL	Sicily	271,729	2,124	128	22
070	Campobasso	CB	Molise	231,086	2,910	79	84
107	Carbonia-Iglesias	CI	Sardinia	129,840	1,495	87	23
061	Caserta	CE	Campania	916,467	2,640	347	104
087	Catania	CT	Sicily	1,090,101	3,553	307	58
079	Catanzaro	CZ	Calabria	368,597	2,392	154	80
069	Chieti	CH	Abruzzo	397,123	2,588	153	104
013	Como	CO	Lombardy	594,988	1,288	462	160
078	Cosenza	CS	Calabria	734,656	6,650	110	155
019	Cremona	CR	Lombardy	363,606	1,771	205	115
101	Crotone	KR	Calabria	174,605	1,716	102	27
004	Cuneo	CN	Piedmont	592,303	6,902	86	250
086	Enna	EN	Sicily	172,485	2,561	67	20
109	Fermo	FM	Marche	177,914	860	207	40
038	Ferrara	FE	Emilia-Romagna	359,994	2,630	137	26
048	Florence	FI	Tuscany	998,098	3,515	284	44
071	Foggia	FG	Puglia	640,836	6,966	92	64
040	Forlì-Cesena	FC	Emilia-Romagna	395,489	2,376	166	30
060	Frosinone	FR	Lazio	498,167	3,243	154	91
010	Genoa	GE	Liguria	882,718	1,839	480	67
031	Gorizia	GO	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	142,407	466	306	25
053	Grosseto	GR	Tuscany	228,157	4,501	51	28
008	Imperia	IM	Liguria	222,648	1,156	193	67
094	Isernia	IS	Molise	88,694	1,528	58	52
011	La Spezia	SP	Liguria	223,516	881	254	32
066	L'Aquila	AQ	Abruzzo	309,820	5,035	62	108
059	Latina	LT	Lazio	555,692	2,250	247	33
075	Lecce	LE	Puglia	815,597	2,759	296	87
097	Lecco	LC	Lombardy	340,167	816	417	90
049	Livorno	LI	Tuscany	342,955	1,211	283	20
098	Lodi	LO	Lombardy	227,655	782	291	61
046	Lucca	LU	Tuscany	393,795	1,773	222	35
043	Macerata	MC	Marche	325,362	2,774	117	50
020	Mantua	MN	Lombardy	415,442	2,339	178	70
045	Massa and Carrara	MS	Tuscany	203,901	1,157	176	17
077	Matera	MT	Basilicata	203,726	3,447	59	31
106	Medio Campidano	VS	Sardinia	102,409	1,516	68	28
083	Messina	ME	Sicily	653,737	3,247	201	108
015	Milan	MI	Lombardy	3,156,694	1,575	2,004	134
036	Modena	MO	Emilia-Romagna	700,913	2,689	261	47
108	Monza and Brianza	MB	Lombardy	849,636	405	2,098	55
063	Naples	NA	Campania	3,080,873	1,171	2,631	92
003	Novara	NO	Piedmont	371,802	1,339	278	88
091	Nuoro	NU	Sardinia	160,677	3,934	41	52
105	Ogliastra	OG	Sardinia	57,965	1,854	31	23
104	Olbia-Tempio	OT	Sardinia	157,859	3,399	46	26
095	Oristano	OR	Sardinia	166,244	3,040	55	88
028	Padua	PD	Veneto	934,216	2,143	436	104
082	Palermo	PA	Sicily	1,249,577	4,992	250	82
034	Parma	PR	Emilia-Romagna	442,120	3,450	128	47
018	Pavia	PV	Lombardy	548,307	2,965	185	190
054	Perugia	PG	Umbria	671,821	6,332	106	59
041	Pesaro and Urbino	PU	Marche	366,963	2,564	143	60
068	Pescara	PE	Abruzzo	323,184	1,225	264	46
033	Piacenza	PC	Emilia-Romagna	289,875	2,590	112	48
050	Pisa	PI	Tuscany	417,782	2,445	171	39
047	Pistoia	PT	Tuscany	293,061	965	304	22
093	Pordenone	PN	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	315,323	2,130	148	51
076	Potenza	PZ	Basilicata	383,791	6,549	59	100
100	Prato	PO	Tuscany	249,775	365	684	7
088	Ragusa	RG	Sicily	318,549	1,614	197	12
039	Ravenna	RA	Emilia-Romagna	392,458	1,858	211	18
080	Reggio Calabria	RC	Calabria	566,977	3,184	178	97
035	Reggio Emilia	RE	Emilia-Romagna	530,343	2,292	231	45
057	Rieti	RI	Lazio	160,467	2,750	58	73
099	Rimini	RN	Emilia-Romagna	329,302	863	382	27
058	Rome	RM	Lazio	4,194,068	5,352	784	121
029	Rovigo	RO	Veneto	247,884	1,790	138	50
065	Salerno	SA	Campania	1,109,705	4,918	226	158
090	Sassari	SS	Sardinia	337,237	4,281	79	66
009	Savona	SV	Liguria	287,906	1,545	186	69
052	Siena	SI	Tuscany	272,638	3,823	71	36
014	Sondrio	SO	Lombardy	183,169	3,210	57	78
089	Syracuse	SR	Sicily	404,271	2,108	192	21
073	Taranto	TA	Puglia	580,028	2,436	238	29
067	Teramo	TE	Abruzzo	312,239	1,948	160	47
055	Terni	TR	Umbria	234,665	2,122	111	33
081	Trapani	TP	Sicily	436,624	2,460	177	24
022	Trento	TN	Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol	529,457	6,203	85	217
026	Treviso	TV	Veneto	888,249	2,477	359	95
032	Trieste	TS	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	236,556	212	1,116	6
030	Udine	UD	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	541,522	4,904	110	136
001	Turin	TO	Piedmont	2,302,353	6,829	337	315
012	Varese	VA	Lombardy	883,285	1,199	737	141
027	Venice	VE	Veneto	863,133	2,461	351	44
103	Verbano-Cusio-Ossola	VB	Piedmont	163,247	2,256	72	77
002	Vercelli	VC	Piedmont	179,562	2,088	86	86
023	Verona	VR	Veneto	920,158	3,120	295	98
102	Vibo Valentia	VV	Calabria	166,560	1,139	146	50
024	Vicenza	VI	Veneto	870,740	2,723	320	121
056	Viterbo	VT	Lazio	320,294	3,614	89	60
Total	-	-	-	60,626,442	301,338	201	8,094	-

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Coat of arms	Region	Capital city	Area		Population		Density inhab./km²	Provinces	Comuni
Coat of arms	Region	Capital city	Km²	%	Pop.	%	Density inhab./km²	Provinces	Comuni
	Abruzzo	L'Aquila	10,794	3.58%	1,324,000	2.22%	122.66	4	305
	Aosta Valley	Aosta	3,263	1.08%	126,000	0.21%	38.61	1	74
	Apulia	Bari	19,362	6.43%	4,076,000	6.84%	210.52	6	258
	Basilicata	Potenza	9,992	3.32%	591,000	0.99%	59.15	2	131
	Calabria	Catanzaro	15,080	5.00%	2,007,000	3.37%	133.09	5	409
	Campania	Naples	13,595	4.51%	5,811,000	9.75%	427.44	5	551
	Emilia-Romagna	Bologna	22,124	7.34%	4,276,000	7.17%	193.27	9	348
	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	Trieste	7,855	2.61%	1,222,000	2.05%	155.57	4	218
	Lazio	Rome	17,207	5.71%	5,561,000	9.33%	323.18	5	378
	Liguria	Genoa	5,421	1.80%	1,610,000	2.70%	296.99	4	235
	Lombardy	Milan	23,861	7.92%	9,642,000	16.17%	404.09	12	1544
	Marche	Ancona	9,694	3.22%	1,553,000	2.61%	160.20	5	239
	Molise	Campobasso	4,438	1.47%	320,000	0.54%	72.10	2	136
	Piedmont	Turin	25,399	8.43%	4,401,000	7.38%	173.27	8	1206
	Sardinia	Cagliari	24,090	7.99%	1,666,000	2.79%	69.16	8	377
	Sicily	Palermo	25,708	8.53%	5,030,000	8.44%	195.66	9	390
	Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol	Trento	13,607	4.52%	1,007,000	1.69%	74.01	2	333
	Tuscany	Florence	22,997	7.63%	3,677,000	6.17%	159.89	10	287
	Umbria	Perugia	8,456	2.81%	884,000	1.48%	104.54	2	92
	Veneto	Venice	18,391	6.10%	4,832,000	8.11%	262.74	7	581
	Italy	Rome	301,334	100.00%	59,616,000	100.00%	197.84	110	8092

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Lake Garda is the largest lake in Italy. It is located in Northern Italy, about half-way between Brescia and Verona, and between Venice and Milan.

Glaciers formed this alpine region at the end of the last Ice Age. The lake and its shoreline are divided between the provinces of Verona (to the southeast), Brescia (southwest), and Trentino (north). Being easily accessible from the north via the Brenner Pass, the lake is a major tourist destination, including a number of exclusive hotels and resorts along its shore.

The ancient fortified town of Sirmione, located on the south of the lake, is one particularly popular destination, home to the Virgilio & Catullo Spa Complexes, as well as numerous restaurants, bars, hotels, fashion stores and a market. The picturesque Scaliger castle dates from the 13th century.

The Roman poet Catullus had a villa here, and visitors can see a ruined Roman spa named the Grotte di Catullo (Grotto of Catullus) although there is no evidence linking him to this particular building. The sulfur springs at the tip of the peninsula have a reputation for the healing of catarrhal conditions, particularly those involving the ear. Nearby, there is Gardaland, one of the most famous theme parks in Italy.

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Lake Maggiore is a large lake located on the south side of the Alps. It is the second largest lake in Italy and largest lake of the canton of Ticino, Switzerland.

Lake Maggiore is the most westerly of the three great prealpine lakes of Italy, it extends for about 70 km between Locarno and Arona.

The climate is mild in both summer and winter, producing Mediterranean vegetation, with beautiful gardens growing rare and exotic plants.

Well-known gardens include those of the Isola Madre, Isola Bella and the Isole di Brissago, that of the Villa Taranto in Verbania, and the Alpinia botanical garden above Stresa.